Weakness (CWE)
CWE-384: Session Fixation
Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.
More detail
Such a scenario is commonly observed when:
- A web application authenticates a user without first invalidating the existing session, thereby continuing to use the session already associated with the user.
- An attacker is able to force a known session identifier on a user so that, once the user authenticates, the attacker has access to the authenticated session.
- The application or container uses predictable session identifiers.
In the generic exploit of session fixation vulnerabilities, an attacker creates a new session on a web application and records the associated session identifier. The attacker then causes the victim to associate, and possibly authenticate, against the server using that session identifier, giving the attacker access to the user's account through the active session.
How to prevent it (3 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Invalidate any existing session identifiers prior to authorizing a new user session.
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Architecture and Design
For platforms such as ASP that do not generate new values for sessionid cookies, utilize a secondary cookie. In this approach, set a secondary cookie on the user's browser to a random value and set a session variable to the same value. If the session variable and the cookie value ever don't match, invalidate the session, and force the user to log on again.
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Operation
Use an application firewall that can detect attacks against this weakness. It can be beneficial in cases in which the code cannot be fixed (because it is controlled by a third party), as an emergency prevention measure while more comprehensive software assurance measures are applied, or to provide defense in depth [REF-1481].
Source: MITRE CWE-384
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High 7.0
Session Fixation in namelessmc/nameless
Session Fixation in GitHub repository namelessmc/nameless prior to v2.0.2.
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High 8.1
Session fixation vulnerability in access control management in Synology Photo Station before 6.8.16-3506 allows remote …
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High 7.1
Malicious users can take over the session of other players
Geon is a board game based on solving questions about the Pythagorean Theorem. Malicious users can obtain the uuid from other users, spoof that uuid through the browser console and become co-owners of the target session. This issue is patched in version 1.1.0…
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High 7.5
Session fixation vulnerability in Jenkins
Jenkins 2.299 and earlier, LTS 2.289.1 and earlier does not invalidate the previous session on login.
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High 8.8
MOXA NPort IAW5000A-I/O Series
The built-in WEB server for MOXA NPort IAW5000A-I/O firmware version 2.1 or lower has incorrectly implemented protections from session fixation, which may allow an attacker to gain access to a session and hijack it by stealing the user’s cookies.
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High 7.5
Session Fixation in WildFly Elytron
A flaw was found in WildFly Elytron version 1.11.3.Final and before. When using WildFly Elytron FORM authentication with a session ID in the URL, an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confid…
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High 7.0
Insufficient Session Expiration in Kiali
An insufficient JWT validation vulnerability was found in Kiali versions 0.4.0 to 1.15.0 and was fixed in Kiali version 1.15.1, wherein a remote attacker could abuse this flaw by stealing a valid JWT cookie and using that to spoof a user session, possibly gai…
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High 7.5CVE-2019-17563 EPSS 11%
In Apache Tomcat, when using FORM authentication there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack
When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical …
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High 7.5
Junos OS: Session fixation vulnerability in J-Web
A session fixation vulnerability in J-Web on Junos OS may allow an attacker to use social engineering techniques to fix and hijack a J-Web administrators web session and potentially gain administrative access to the device. This issue affects: Juniper Network…
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High 7.5
Jenkins Gitlab Authentication Plugin vulnerable to Session Fixation
A session fixation vulnerability in Jenkins Gitlab Authentication Plugin 1.4 and earlier in GitLabSecurityRealm.java allows unauthorized attackers to impersonate another user if they can control the pre-authentication session.
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High 7.5
Magento 2 Community Edition Session Fixation Check
A defense-in-depth check was added to mitigate inadequate session validation handling by 3rd party checkout modules. This impacts Magento 1.x prior to 1.9.4.2, Magento Commerce prior to 1.14.4.2, Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9 and Mag…
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High 7.6
Cisco Umbrella Dashboard Session Management Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the session management functionality of the web UI for the Cisco Umbrella Dashboard could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access the Dashboard via an active, user session. The vulnerability exists due to the affected application …
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High 8.1
Session Fixation in Apache Zeppelin
Apache Zeppelin prior to 0.7.3 was vulnerable to session fixation which allowed an attacker to hijack a valid user session. Issue was reported by "stone lone".
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High 8.2
Cloud Foundry Stratos contains a Session Collision Vulnerability
Cloud Foundry Stratos, versions prior to 2.3.0, contains an insecure session that can be spoofed. When deployed on cloud foundry with multiple instances using the default embedded SQLite database, a remote authenticated malicious user can switch sessions to a…
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High 8.7
Cloud Foundry Stratos Deploys With Public Default Session Store Secret
Cloud Foundry Stratos, versions prior to 2.3.0, deploys with a public default session store secret. A malicious user with default session store secret can brute force another user's current Stratos session, and act on behalf of that user.
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High 8.8
Access and integrity issue within Eclipse Jetty
In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, when using the optional Jetty provided FileSessionDataStore for persistent storage of HttpSession details, it is possible for a malicious user to access/hijack other HttpSessions and even delete unmatched HttpSes…
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High 8.1
Symfony Session Fixation Vulnerability
An issue was discovered in the Security component in Symfony 2.7.x before 2.7.48, 2.8.x before 2.8.41, 3.3.x before 3.3.17, 3.4.x before 3.4.11, and 4.0.x before 4.0.11. A session fixation vulnerability within the "Guard" login feature may allow an attacker t…
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High 7.5
Session Fixation in Apache CXF
Apache CXF's STSClient before 3.1.11 and 3.0.13 uses a flawed way of caching tokens that are associated with delegation tokens, which means that an attacker could craft a token which would return an identifer corresponding to a cached token for another user.
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High 7.5
Django allows user sessions hijacking via an empty string in the session key
The session.flush function in the cached_db backend in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly flush the session, which allows remote attackers to hijack user sessions via an empty string in the session key.
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High —
Authentication library in TYPO3 vulnerable to session fixation
Session fixation vulnerability in the authentication library in TYPO3 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, 4.1.0 through 4.1.7, and 4.2.0 through 4.2.3 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to (1) frontend and (2) backend authenticati…