Cross-site request forgery in next-auth - CVE-2023-27490
Published: November 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83318
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27490
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
next-auth
next-auth
Software vendor:
NextAuth.js
NextAuth.js
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin when using OAuth provider. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and tamper with authentication requests, which can lead to web application compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-7r7x-4c4q-c4qf
- https://danielfett.de/2020/05/16/pkce-vs-nonce-equivalent-or-not/
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6749#section-10.12
- https://next-auth.js.org/configuration/initialization#advanced-initialization
- https://authjs.dev/reference/core/providers#checks
- https://next-auth.js.org/configuration/providers/oauth
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0006/