CVE-2016-10535

Summary

csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites. csrf-lite uses ===, a fail first string comparison, instead of a time constant string comparison This enables an attacker to guess the secret in no more than (16*18)288 guesses, instead of the 16^18 guesses required were the timing attack not present.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
HackerOnecsrf-lite node module<=0.1.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-208: Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy (CWE-208)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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