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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-16570 · published 6 November 2017

CVE-2017-16570: Keystonejs keystone cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Keystonejs · Keystone

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.

8.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 2.2% · top 18.1% CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
8.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.8
2.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.securelayer7.net/keystonejs-open-source-penetration-testing-report/ Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/issues/4437 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/4478 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43922/
http://blog.securelayer7.net/keystonejs-open-source-penetration-testing-report/ Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/issues/4437 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/4478 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43922/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-16570), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.