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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.0

CVE-2021-31403 json

Timing side channel vulnerability in UIDL request handler in Vaadin 7 and 8

published 2021-04-19 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-75xc-qvxh-27f8 , EUVD-2021-0784

cvss
4.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Non-constant-time comparison of CSRF tokens in UIDL request handler in com.vaadin:vaadin-server versions 7.0.0 through 7.7.23 (Vaadin 7.0.0 through 7.7.23), and 8.0.0 through 8.12.2 (Vaadin 8.0.0 through 8.12.2) allows attacker to guess a security token via timing attack

Patch / fix

  • maven com.vaadin:vaadin-bom 7.7.24, 8.12.3
  • maven com.vaadin:vaadin-server 7.7.24, 8.12.3
  • vaadin vaadin 7.7.24, 8.12.3

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.vaadin:vaadin-bom
>=7.0.0, <7.7.24
>=8.0.0, <8.12.3
7.7.24
8.12.3
maven com.vaadin:vaadin-server
>=7.0.0, <7.7.24
>=8.0.0, <8.12.3
7.7.24
8.12.3

Affected products

  • Vaadin Vaadin
  • Vaadin vaadin-server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy
  • CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy

References

Sources

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