High

Auth0-ASPNET and Auth0-ASPNET-Owin vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:22

An issue was discovered in Auth0 auth0-aspnet and auth0-aspnet-owin. Affected packages do not use or validate the state parameter of the OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect protocols. This leaves applications vulnerable to CSRF attacks during authentication and authorization operations.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
.NET (NuGet) auth0-aspnet <= 2.1.1 no fix
.NET (NuGet) Auth0-ASPNET-Owin <= 2.3.2 no fix

References

CVSS score 8.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-352
Platform
.NET (NuGet)
Package
auth0-aspnet, Auth0-ASPNET-Owin
Disclosed
14.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-mmhr-3jr7-qj2p - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: auth0-aspnet

All published vulnerabilities of this package (.NET (NuGet)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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