GHSA-27v7-qhfv-rqq8
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27v7-qhfv-rqq8
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/05/GHSA-27v7-qhfv-rqq8/GHSA-27v7-qhfv-rqq8.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-27v7-qhfv-rqq8
- Published
- 2019-05-30T17:26:30Z
- Modified
- 2021-08-31T20:56:47Z
- Severity
-
- 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Insecure Credential Storage in web3
- Details
-
All versions of
web3are vulnerable to Insecure Credential Storage. The package stores encrypted wallets in local storage and requires a password to load the wallet. Once the wallet is loaded, the private key is accessible via LocalStorage. Exploiting this vulnerability likely requires a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability to access the private key.Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.
- Database specific
{ "github_reviewed_at": "2019-05-30T17:25:54Z", "github_reviewed": true, "severity": "LOW", "nvd_published_at": null, "cwe_ids": [] }- References
Affected packages
npm / web3
Package
- Name
- web3
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:npm/web3