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CVE-2023-45857 (GCVE-0-2023-45857)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-08 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-04 15:15
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Summary
An issue discovered in Axios 1.5.1 inadvertently reveals the confidential XSRF-TOKEN stored in cookies by including it in the HTTP header X-XSRF-TOKEN for every request made to any host allowing attackers to view sensitive information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-04 15:13 UTC
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