{"id":"CVE-2020-5263","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-5263","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:37:28.116Z","title":"auth0.js (NPM package auth0-js) greater than version 8.0.0 and before version 9.12.3 has a vulnerability.","description":"auth0.js (NPM package auth0-js) greater than version 8.0.0 and before version 9.12.3 has a vulnerability. In the case of an (authentication) error, the error object returned by the library contains the original request of the user, which may include the plaintext password the user entered. If the error object is exposed or logged without modification, the application risks password exposure. This is fixed in version 9.12.3","published":"2020-04-09T16:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:21:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-522"],"affected":["auth0/auth0.js"],"epss":{"score":0.00871,"percentile":0.58574,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/auth0/auth0.js/commit/355ca749b229fb93142f0b3978399b248d710828","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/auth0/auth0.js/security/advisories/GHSA-prfq-f66g-43mp","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/auth0/auth0.js/commit/355ca749b229fb93142f0b3978399b248d710828","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/auth0/auth0.js/security/advisories/GHSA-prfq-f66g-43mp","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5263","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."}