# CVE-2013-7464: In csrf-magic before 1.0.4, if $GLOBALS\['csrf'\]\['secret'\] is not configured, the Anti-CSRF Token used is predictable and would permit an att

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-08 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In csrf-magic before 1.0.4, if $GLOBALS['csrf']['secret'] is not configured, the Anti-CSRF Token used is predictable and would permit an attacker to bypass the CSRF protections, because an automatically generated secret is not used.

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## References

- http://repo.or.cz/csrf-magic.git/commit/9d2537f70d58b16aeba89779aaf1573b8d618e11
- http://repo.or.cz/csrf-magic.git/blob/HEAD:/NEWS.txt
- http://csrf.htmlpurifier.org/news/2013/0717-1.0.4-released

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