CVE-2020-12258

rConfig 3.9.4 is vulnerable to session fixation because session expiry and randomization are mishandled. The application can reuse a session via PHPSESSID. Also, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability in conjunction with CVE-2020-12256 or CVE-2020-12259.

Weakness

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.

Affected Software

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/196.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/21.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/31.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/39.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/60.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/61.html

References

• https://gist.github.com/farid007/8855031bad0e497264e4879efb5bc9f8