# CVE-2015-7225: 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-tim

- Also known as: GHSA-X489-JJWM-52G7
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.0
- Published: 2017-09-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- devise-two-factor (RubyGems): fixed in 2.0.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, devise-two-factor, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [RubyGems packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/rubygems.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/tinfoil/devise-two-factor/blob/master/UPGRADING.md
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/20/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76789
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798466
- https://github.com/tinfoil/devise-two-factor/issues/45#issuecomment-139335608

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