Type Casting Attack Affecting yourls/yourls package, versions <1.7.4


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.43% (75th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-YOURLSYOURLS-458753
  • published 8 Aug 2019
  • disclosed 7 Aug 2019
  • credit Wocanilo

How to fix?

Upgrade yourls/yourls to version 1.7.4 or higher.

Overview

yourls/yourls is an is a set of PHP scripts that allow you to run Your Own URL Shortener.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Type Casting Attack. Non-strict comparisions can be used by an attacker to bypass auth and gain access to the admin page and API.