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csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites

Published May 31, 2018

Description

csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites. csrf-lite uses `===`, a fail first string comparison, instead of a time constant string comparison This enables an attacker to guess the secret in no more than (16*18)288 guesses, instead of the 16^18 guesses required were the timing attack not present.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner hackerone
Published May 31, 2018
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Oct 29, 2017
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
GHSA-HJHR-R3GQ-QVP6