Linktree: Account takeover – improper validation of jwt signature (with regards to experiation date claim)
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Some backend services did not properly validate JWTs. As a result JWT validation could be bypassed by setting the expiration date claim to a unix timestamp in the past, and abusing this for account takeover.
The expiration date claim of the JWT token was not properly handled. I was able to bypass validation by changing the expiration date to a date in the past.Read More

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