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Case File

CVE-2016-10535

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 1.30% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-05-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2016-10535
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
1.30%

Original NVD 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.