Where
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0
Severity
9.3
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

better-auth (npm) before 1.4.2 allows an external request to configure baseURL when it is not otherwise defined (e.g., BETTERAUTHURL is unset). An attacker able to make the very first request to the server after startup can poison the router's base path, causing all routes to return 404 for all users (denial of service). The issue is not reachable when baseURL is explicitly configured or on typical managed hosting platforms.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

better-auth versions before 1.4.9 contain a two-factor authentication bypass vulnerability when session.cookieCache is enabled. Attackers with valid primary credentials can access authenticated routes without completing second-factor verification by exploiting premature session caching.

First published (updated )
Severity
6
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

better-auth versions before 1.6.2 fail to validate the OAuth state parameter against the stored nonce when using cookie-backed state storage without PKCE. Attackers can forge the state parameter and supply an attacker-controlled authorization code to create authenticated sessions bound to the attacker's external identity or persistently link attacker accounts to victim profiles.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Better Auth is an authentication and authorization library for TypeScript. Prior to 1.6.5, the clientPrivileges option documents a create action, but the OAuth client creation endpoints did not invoke the hook before persisting new clients. Deployments that configured clientPrivileges to restrict client registration were not actually restricted — any authenticated user could reach the create endpoints and register an OAuth client with attacker-chosen redirect URIs and metadata. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.5.

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