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CVE-2016-10535
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-05-31T20:29:01.207 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:39:53.673

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 products

csrf-lite_project — csrf-lite

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References

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