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CVE-2023-45857

Medium (6.5)—PoC
Routine follow-upSeverity Medium 6.5. A public proof of concept exists, but no active exploitation is known.
Severity6.5Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.73 %higher than 54% of CVEs · score from Nov 5, 2026
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog · checked Nov 6, 04:00 AM
Public exploitAvailableProof of concept on GitHub (unverified)

An issue discovered in Axios 1.5.1 inadvertently reveals the confidential XSRF-TOKEN stored in cookies by including it in the HTTP header X-XSRF-TOKEN for every request made to any host allowing attackers to view sensitive information.

Timeline

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  1. CVE record published in NVD
  2. Record last modified in NVD
  3. First public exploit

Public exploits

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Affected technologies (1)

Axios — Axios

NVD record

NVD status
Modified
Published
Nov 8, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-352

References

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