Istudent Rana

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Padding is invalid and cannot be removed while decrypting using AES

Oct 15 2024 1:37 PM

My code used to work before when I used RijndaelManaged. Since its obsolete and suggest us to AES. 

I change the code and now I get the error 'Padding is invalid and cannot be removed'.

Below is my code:

			
			public static string DecryptStringAES(string encryptedText, string key)
            {
                var keybytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key);
                var iv = keybytes;

                var encryptStringToBytes = EncryptStringToBytes_Aes(encryptedText, keybytes, iv);

                // Decrypt the bytes to a string.  here encryptStringToBytes is byte[80]
                var roundtrip = DecryptStringFromBytes_Aes(encryptStringToBytes, keybytes, iv);

                //DECRYPT FROM CRIPTOJS
                var encrypted = Convert.FromBase64String(roundtrip);

                //here encryptStringToBytes is byte[48]
                //This Line throws the exception --Padding is invalid and cannot be removed
                var id = DecryptStringFromBytes_Aes(encrypted, keybytes, iv);

                return id;
            }
			
			  private static string DecryptStringFromBytes_Aes(byte[] cipherText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
            {
                if (cipherText == null || cipherText.Length <= 0) throw new ArgumentNullException("cipherText");
                if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0) throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
                if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0) throw new ArgumentNullException("IV");

                string plaintext = null;

                try
                {
                    using (Aes aesAlg = Aes.Create())
                    {
                        aesAlg.Mode = CipherMode.CFB;
                        aesAlg.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
                        aesAlg.Key = Key;
                        aesAlg.IV = IV;

                        ICryptoTransform decryptor = aesAlg.CreateDecryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV);

                        using (MemoryStream msDecrypt = new MemoryStream(cipherText))
                        {
                            using (CryptoStream csDecrypt = new CryptoStream(msDecrypt, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
                            {
                                using (StreamReader srDecrypt = new StreamReader(csDecrypt))
                                {
                                    plaintext = srDecrypt.ReadToEnd();
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    string err = ex.Message;
                    throw;
                }

                return plaintext;
            }
			
			 private static byte[] EncryptStringToBytes_Aes(string plainText, byte[] Key, byte[] IV)
            {
                if (plainText == null || plainText.Length <= 0) throw new ArgumentNullException("plainText");
                if (Key == null || Key.Length <= 0) throw new ArgumentNullException("Key");
                if (IV == null || IV.Length <= 0) throw new ArgumentNullException("IV");

                byte[] encrypted;

                try
                {
                    using (Aes aesAlg = Aes.Create())
                    {
                        aesAlg.Mode = CipherMode.CFB;
                        aesAlg.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
                        aesAlg.Key = Key;
                        aesAlg.IV = IV;

                        ICryptoTransform encryptor = aesAlg.CreateEncryptor(aesAlg.Key, aesAlg.IV);

                        using (MemoryStream msEncrypt = new MemoryStream())
                        {
                            using (CryptoStream csEncrypt = new CryptoStream(msEncrypt, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
                            {
                                using (StreamWriter swEncrypt = new StreamWriter(csEncrypt))
                                {
                                    swEncrypt.Write(plainText);
                                }

                                encrypted = msEncrypt.ToArray();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    string er = ex.Message;
                    throw ex;
                }

                return encrypted;
            }

 


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