yiisoft/yii2-authclient · Security

yiisoft/yii2-authclient's Oauth2 PKCE implementation is vulnerable

GHSA ID
GHSA-rw54-6826-c8j5
CVE ID
CVE-2023-50714
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
6.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3
6.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

Original Report:

The Oauth2 PKCE implementation is vulnerable in 2 ways:

  1. The authCodeVerifier should be removed after usage (similar to 'authState')
  2. There is a risk for a "downgrade attack" if PKCE is being relied on for CSRF protection.

Patches

Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?

2.2.15

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

not known yet.

References

Are there any links users can visit to find out more?

CWEs

References