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    CVE-2018-12540

    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.

    Published:Jul 12, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 12, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.02579
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Eclipse
    Product
    Vert.x
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Application Runtimes

    Exploits

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536948https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536948https://github.com/bernard-wagner/vertx-web-xsrfhttps://github.com/dawetmaster/CVE-2018-12540-vertx-web-vulnerablehttps://github.com/tafamace/CVE-2018-12540

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-6860 (CVSS 6.9) — A TCP client can perform a TLS handshake and present the server name extension with a server name that is acce…
    CVE-2026-1002 (CVSS 6.9) — The Vert.x Web static handler component cache can be manipulated to deny the access to static files served by …
    CVE-2025-11965 (CVSS 6.3) — In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0, 4.5.21] and [5.0.0, 5.0.4], a StaticHandler configuration for restricting a…
    CVE-2025-11966 (CVSS 2.3) — In Eclipse Vert.x versions [4.0.0, 4.5.21] and [5.0.0, 5.0.4], when "directory listing" is enabled, file and d…
    CVE-2024-8391 (CVSS 6.9) — In Eclipse Vert.x version 4.3.0 to 4.5.9, the gRPC server does not limit the maximum length of message payload…
    CVE-2019-17640 (CVSS 9.8) — In Eclipse Vert.x 3.4.x up to 3.9.4, 4.0.0.milestone1, 4.0.0.milestone2, 4.0.0.milestone3, 4.0.0.milestone4, 4…
    CVE-2018-12542 (CVSS 9.8) — In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the StaticHandler uses external input to construct a pathnam…
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    References

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371
    https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536948
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r10aef585c521f8ef603f5831f9d97a27d920624025131da950e0c62f%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3fffda8e947edaa359152c8dc4c4ea9c96fd8ced1999bbce92bc6b25%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r59482ebed302aa49ac7e0c51737499746b0d086fcdeb8f90e705951f%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc5b4ae8a7caae6d3d5b3266cb050823b96dd62b30718b90b778d3d8b%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371
    https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536948
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r10aef585c521f8ef603f5831f9d97a27d920624025131da950e0c62f%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3fffda8e947edaa359152c8dc4c4ea9c96fd8ced1999bbce92bc6b25%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r59482ebed302aa49ac7e0c51737499746b0d086fcdeb8f90e705951f%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc5b4ae8a7caae6d3d5b3266cb050823b96dd62b30718b90b778d3d8b%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E

    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