Authentication Bypass Affecting microsoft.aspnetcore.mvc.formatters.xml package, versions [1,1.0.4) [1.1,1.1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTASPNETCOREMVCFORMATTERSXML-60068
  • published 12 May 2017
  • disclosed 12 May 2017
  • credit Mikhail Shcherbakov

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml to version 1.0.4, 1.1.3 or higher.

Overview

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml contains formatters for XML input and output using DataContractSerializer and XmlSerializer.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass attacks. The ASP.NET Core fails to properly sanitize the Web Request Handler component, allowing an attacker to spoof web requests and bypass authentication.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None