FKIE_CVE-2017-17068

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-12-06 19:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:10
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
A cross-origin vulnerability has been discovered in the Auth0 auth0.js library affecting versions < 8.12. This vulnerability allows an attacker to acquire authenticated users' tokens and invoke services on a user's behalf if the target site or application uses a popup callback page with auth0.popup.callback().
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://appcheck-ng.com/appcheck-discovers-vulnerability-auth0-library-cve-2017-17068/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://auth0.com/docs/security/bulletins/cve-2017-17068Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://appcheck-ng.com/appcheck-discovers-vulnerability-auth0-library-cve-2017-17068/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://auth0.com/docs/security/bulletins/cve-2017-17068Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
auth0 auth0.js *
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