CVE-2020-15133CWE-295

Missing TLS certificate verification in Faye Websocket

High · published July 31, 2020

CVSS v3.1
8.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
64.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In faye-websocket before version 0.11.0, there is a lack of certification validation in TLS handshakes. The `Faye::WebSocket::Client` class uses the `EM::Connection#start_tls` method in EventMachine to implement the TLS handshake whenever a `wss:` URL is used for the connection. This method does not implement certificate verification by default, meaning that it does not check that the server presents a valid and trusted TLS certificate for the expected hostname. That means that any `wss:` connection made using this library is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, since it does not confirm the identity of the server it is connected to. For further background information on this issue, please see the referenced GitHub Advisory. Upgrading `faye-websocket` to v0.11.0 is recommended.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01056 · 64.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation
Published
2020-07-31T17:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 JUL 17:40Z
    Missing TLS certificate verification in Faye Websocket
    cvelistv5