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    CVE-2015-9235

    In jsonwebtoken node module before 4.2.2 it is possible for an attacker to bypass verification when a token digitally signed with an asymmetric key (RS/ES family) of algorithms but instead the attacker send a token digitally signed with a symmetric algorithm (HS* family).

    Published:Mar 31, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:May 29, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.41149
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Auth0
    Product
    Jsonwebtoken

    Exploits

    https://www.timmclean.net/2015/02/25/jwt-alg-none.htmlhttps://www.timmclean.net/2015/02/25/jwt-alg-none.htmlhttps://github.com/aalex954/jwt-key-confusion-pochttps://github.com/Nxvh1337/CVE-2015-9235_JWT_key_confusionhttps://github.com/tierChampion/POC_CVE-2015-9235https://github.com/WinDyAlphA/CVE-2015-9235_JWT_key_confusionhttps://github.com/z-bool/Venom-JWT

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    CAPEC-101 Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    CAPEC-104 Cross Zone Scripting
    CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    CAPEC-109 Object Relational Mapping Injection
    CAPEC-110 SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering
    CAPEC-114 Authentication Abuse
    CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass
    CAPEC-120 Double Encoding
    CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values
    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-136 LDAP Injection
    CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-151 Identity Spoofing
    CAPEC-153 Input Data Manipulation
    CAPEC-182 Flash Injection
    CAPEC-194 Fake the Source of Data
    CAPEC-20 Encryption Brute Forcing
    CAPEC-209 XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
    CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client
    CAPEC-23 File Content Injection
    CAPEC-230 Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
    CAPEC-231 Oversized Serialized Data Payloads
    CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-250 XML Injection
    CAPEC-261 Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data
    CAPEC-267 Leverage Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-28 Fuzzing
    CAPEC-3 Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters
    CAPEC-31 Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies
    CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion
    CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers
    CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-459 Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate
    CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
    CAPEC-473 Signature Spoof
    CAPEC-475 Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation
    CAPEC-52 Embedding NULL Bytes
    CAPEC-53 Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash
    CAPEC-57 Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data
    CAPEC-588 DOM-Based XSS
    CAPEC-593 Session Hijacking
    CAPEC-608 Cryptanalysis of Cellular Encryption
    CAPEC-614 Rooting SIM Cards
    CAPEC-63 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    CAPEC-633 Token Impersonation
    CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-650 Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server
    CAPEC-664 Server Side Request Forgery
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()
    CAPEC-7 Blind SQL Injection
    CAPEC-71 Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-72 URL Encoding
    CAPEC-73 User-Controlled Filename
    CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call
    CAPEC-80 Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-81 Web Server Logs Tampering
    CAPEC-83 XPath Injection
    CAPEC-85 AJAX Footprinting
    CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection
    CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities
    CAPEC-94 Adversary in the Middle (AiTM)
    CAPEC-97 Cryptanalysis

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High