5.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.0
CVE-2015-7225
Tinfoil Devise Two-Factor Token Forgery
Description

Tinfoil Devise-two-factor before 2.0.0 does not strictly follow section 5.2 of RFC 6238 and does not "burn" a successfully validated one-time password (aka OTP), which allows remote or physically proximate attackers with a target user's login credentials to log in as said user by obtaining the OTP through performing a man-in-the-middle attack between the provider and verifier, or shoulder surfing, and replaying the OTP in the current time-step.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 6, 2017, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-7225 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tinfoilsecurity devise-two-factor
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-7225 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-7225 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-7225 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-7225 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/20/4
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/17/2
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76789
    Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798466
    Added Reference https://github.com/tinfoil/devise-two-factor/blob/master/UPGRADING.md
    Added Reference https://github.com/tinfoil/devise-two-factor/issues/45#issuecomment-139335608
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/20/4 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/20/4 Mailing List, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/17/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/17/2 Mailing List, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798466 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798466 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76789 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76789 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/tinfoil/devise-two-factor/blob/master/UPGRADING.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/tinfoil/devise-two-factor/blob/master/UPGRADING.md Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/tinfoil/devise-two-factor/issues/45#issuecomment-139335608 No Types Assigned https://github.com/tinfoil/devise-two-factor/issues/45#issuecomment-139335608 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-254
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tinfoilsecurity:devise-two-factor:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.3
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 3.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.69 }} 0.28%

score

0.70887

percentile