GHSA-6wqp-7g94-f69j is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in sensiolabs/connect. A fix is available for sensiolabs/connect — see the affected versions and patch details below.
sensiolabs/connect has a Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Versions of sensiolabs/connect prior to 4.2.3 are affected by a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability due to the absence of the state parameter in OAuth requests. The lack of proper state parameter handling exposes applications to CSRF attacks during the OAuth authentication flow.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | sensiolabs/connect | all versions | 4.2.3composer require sensiolabs/connect:^4.2.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for sensiolabs/connect, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update sensiolabs/connect to 4.2.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6wqp-7g94-f69j is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-6wqp-7g94-f69j can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-6wqp-7g94-f69j. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-6wqp-7g94-f69j in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-6wqp-7g94-f69j across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.