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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-17068

A cross-origin vulnerability has been discovered in the Auth0 auth0.js library affecting versions < 8.12. This vulnerability allows an attacker to acquire authenticated users' tokens and invoke services on a user's behalf if the target site or application uses a popup callback page with auth0.popup.callback().

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1 Nov 2026, 07:15 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-17068

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Dec 2017, 19:29 UTC

A cross-origin vulnerability has been discovered in the Auth0 auth0.js library affecting versions < 8.12. This vulnerability allows an attacker to acquire authenticated users' tokens and invoke services on a user's behalf if the target site or application uses a popup callback page with auth0.popup.callback().

osv:CVE-2017-17068
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "A cross-origin vulnerability has been discovered in the Auth0 auth0.js library affecting versions < 8.12. This vulnerability allows an attacker to acquire authenticated users' tokens and invoke services on a user's behalf if the target site or application uses a popup callback page with auth0.popup.callback().",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-17068",
    "products": [],
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:50.788060675Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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  "published_at": "2017-12-06T19:29:00.233+00:00"
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