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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-16570

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-16570

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Nov 2017, 08:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2017-16570
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16570",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-16570",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16570",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "GHSA-q43c-g2g7-6gxj"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
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              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "09685b8e0c50ae45ef43df60e3642064e6275734"
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              "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:50.581659142Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43922/",
        "https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/issues/4437",
        "https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/4478"
      ],
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2017-16570",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380854,
  "published_at": "2017-11-06T08:29:00.377+00:00"
}