CVE-2018-12540

high

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.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc5b4ae8a7caae6d3d5b3266cb050823b96dd62b30718b90b778d3d8b%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/r3fffda8e947edaa359152c8dc4c4ea9c96fd8ced1999bbce92bc6b25%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r10aef585c521f8ef603f5831f9d97a27d920624025131da950e0c62f%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536948

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-07-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09434

Detections

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