{"id":"CVE-2017-16570","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16570","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:37.949Z","title":"KeystoneJS before 4.0.0-beta.7 allows application-wide CSRF bypass by removing the CSRF parameter and value, aka SecureLayer7 issue number SL7_KEYJS_03.","description":"KeystoneJS before 4.0.0-beta.7 allows application-wide CSRF bypass by removing the CSRF parameter and value, aka SecureLayer7 issue number SL7_KEYJS_03. In other words, it fails to reject requests that lack an x-csrf-token header.","published":"2017-11-06T08:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:09:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-352"],"affected":["keystonejs/keystone"],"epss":{"score":0.02213,"percentile":0.82526,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-01-28","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":43922,"kind":"exploit","title":"KeystoneJS < 4.0.0-beta.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43922","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/nodejs/webapps/43922.html","file":"exploits/nodejs/webapps/43922.html","published":"2018-01-28","added":"2018-01-28","updated":"2018-01-28","author":"Saurabh Banawar","type":"webapps","platform":"nodejs","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-16570"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://blog.securelayer7.net/keystonejs-open-source-penetration-testing-report/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/issues/4437","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/4478","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43922/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://blog.securelayer7.net/keystonejs-open-source-penetration-testing-report/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/issues/4437","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/4478","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43922/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16570","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}