FKIE_CVE-2026-42042

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-24 18:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:47
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, the Axios library's XSRF token protection logic uses JavaScript truthy/falsy semantics instead of strict boolean comparison for the withXSRFToken config property. When this property is set to any truthy non-boolean value (via prototype pollution or misconfiguration), the same-origin check (isURLSameOrigin) is short-circuited, causing XSRF tokens to be sent to all request targets including cross-origin servers controlled by an attacker. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-xx6v-rp6x-q39cExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-xx6v-rp6x-q39cExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
axios axios *
axios axios *
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