tiny-csrf has openly visible CSRF tokens

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2022-39287 · GHSA-pj2c-h76w-vv6f · Published 07/10/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-39287 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting tiny-csrf (tiny-csrf project), tiny-csrf.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.52%, higher than 44.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.1.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
tiny-csrf tiny-csrf_project	`< 1.1.0`	`1.1.0`
tiny-csrf npm	`< 1.1.0`	`1.1.0`

Description

Impact

Weak encryption on CSRF so tokens can be read by malicious attackers.

Patches

Problems have been patched as of v1.1.0

Workarounds

Upgrade to v1.1.0

References

https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html

For more information

Submit an issue at the github repo

NVD description

tiny-csrf is a Node.js cross site request forgery (CSRF) protection middleware. In versions prior to 1.1.0 cookies were not encrypted and thus CSRF tokens were transmitted in the clear. This issue has been addressed in commit `8eead6d` and the patch with be included in version 1.1.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

References

valexandersaulys/tiny-csrf security advisory · WEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39287 · ADVISORY
valexandersaulys/tiny-csrf commit 8eead6d · WEB
valexandersaulys/tiny-csrf · PACKAGE

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