Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU71180

#VU71180 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in node-jsonwebtoken - CVE-2022-23539

Published: January 16, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU71180

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23539

CWE-ID: CWE-327

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
node-jsonwebtoken

Software vendor:
auth0 on WordPress

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure key types are used for signature verification. A remote user can enable legacy keys usage.

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