CVE-2018-12540
High severity vulnerability that affects io.vertx:vertx-web
EPSS 2.5%
Description
In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.2 of Eclipse Vert.x, the CSRFHandler do not assert that the XSRF Cookie matches the returned XSRF header/form parameter. This allows replay attacks with previously issued tokens which are not expired yet.
How to fix CVE-2018-12540
To remediate CVE-2018-12540, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/io.vertx:vertx-web—upgrade to 3.5.3 or later
Is CVE-2018-12540 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 3.0.0, < 3.5.3