9.8crit
CVE-2018-6873
The Auth0 authentication service before 2017-10-15 allows privilege escalation because the JWT audience is not validated.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.2%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
The Auth0 authentication service before 2017-10-15 allows privilege escalation because the JWT audience is not validated.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/103695 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- auth0.com /docs/security/bulletins/cve-2018-6873 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-6873
- NVD: CVE-2018-6873
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