CVE-2018-1000531

7.5HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Inversoft
Status
Prime-jwt
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 June 2018

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

inversoft prime-jwt version prior to commit abb0d479389a2509f939452a6767dc424bb5e6ba contains a CWE-20 vulnerability in JWTDecoder.decode that can result in an incorrect signature validation of a JWT token. This attack can be exploitable when an attacker crafts a JWT token with a valid header using 'none' as algorithm and a body to requests it be validated. This vulnerability was fixed after commit abb0d479389a2509f939452a6767dc424bb5e6ba.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

JWT-Bruteforcer
Created by realbatuhan

References

https://github.com/inversoft/prime-jwt/issues/3
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database1 Proof of Concept(s)
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