CVE-2022-40482 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The authentication method in Laravel 8.x through 9.x before 9.32.0 was discovered to be vulnerable to user enumeration via timeless timing attacks with HTTP/2 multiplexing. This is caused by the early return inside the hasValidCredentials method in the Illuminate\Auth\SessionGuard class when a user is found to not exist.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00298.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Laravel	Framework

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43760	The authentication method in Laravel 8.x through 9.x before 9.32.0 was discovered to be vulnerable to user enumeration via timeless timing attacks with HTTP/2 multiplexing. This is caused by the early return inside the hasValidCredentials method in the Illuminate\Auth\SessionGuard class when a user is found to not exist.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://ephort.dk/blog/laravel-timing-attack-vulnerability/
https://github.com/ephort/laravel-user-enumeration-demo
https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/44069
https://github.com/laravel/framework/releases/tag/v9.32.0

History

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-03T20:49:55.862Z

Reserved: 2022-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40482

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:45.657Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-04-25T19:15:10.180

Modified: 2025-05-30T19:06:45.143

Link: CVE-2022-40482

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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