var cipher = forge.cipher.createCipher('AES-CBC', key); cipher.start({iv: iv}); cipher.update(forge.util.createBuffer(plaintext)); cipher.finish(); var encrypted = cipher.output; var decipher = forge.cipher.createDecipher('AES-CBC', key); decipher.start({iv: iv}); decipher.update(encrypted); decipher.finish(); var recovered = decipher.output;