Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Network
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CVE-2022-23541

Disclosure Date: December 22, 2022 •
CVE-2022-23541 CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.3
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Description

jsonwebtoken is an implementation of JSON Web Tokens. Versions <= 8.5.1 of jsonwebtoken library can be misconfigured so that passing a poorly implemented key retrieval function referring to the secretOrPublicKey argument from the readme link will result in incorrect verification of tokens. There is a possibility of using a different algorithm and key combination in verification, other than the one that was used to sign the tokens. Specifically, tokens signed with an asymmetric public key could be verified with a symmetric HS256 algorithm. This can lead to successful validation of forged tokens. If your application is supporting usage of both symmetric key and asymmetric key in jwt.verify() implementation with the same key retrieval function. This issue has been patched, please update to version 9.0.0.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
6.3 Medium
Impact Score:
3.4
Exploitability Score:
2.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
Low
Availability (A):
Low

General Information

Offensive Application
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Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
node-jsonwebtoken <= 8.5.1
Prerequisites
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Discovered By
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PoC Author
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Metasploit Module
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Reporter
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