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AIKIDO-2024-10325

oauth4webapi is vulnerable to Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Pre-CVE
Found by Aikido Intel before public disclosure or CVE publication.
Published Oct 8, 2024

40

Medium Risk

This Affects:

jsoauth4webapi
0.0.1 - 2.17.0
Fixed in 3.0.0
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TL;DR

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to the cleartext transmission of sensitive information. The library fails to prevent interactions with non-TLS HTTP endpoints. While version 3.0.0 introduces a constraint to enforce secure connections, it still allows opting out for testing purposes through a newly added setting.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

oauth4webapi is vulnerable to Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in versions 0.0.1 - 2.17.0.

How to fix this

Upgrade the oauth4webapi library to the patch version.