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CVE-2016-10535
csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites. csrf-lite uses `===`, a fail first string…
Medium5.9EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
HackerOne · csrf-lite node module
- affected <=0.1.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmcsrf-liteGHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/94 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/isaacs/csrf-lite/pull/1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hjhr-r3gq-qvp6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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