CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-15679

Session Fixation

Published: Dec 22, 2022 | Modified: Apr 16, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.6
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An OAuth session fixation vulnerability existed in the VPN login flow, where an attacker could craft a custom login URL, convince a VPN user to login via that URL, and obtain authenticated access as that user. This issue is limited to cases where attacker and victim are sharing the same source IP and could allow the ability to view session states and disconnect VPN sessions. This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN iOS 1.0.7 < (929), Mozilla VPN Windows < 1.2.2, and Mozilla VPN Android 1.1.0 < (1360).

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Vpn Mozilla * 1.0.7_(929) (excluding)
Vpn Mozilla * 1.2.2 (excluding)
Vpn Mozilla 1.0.7 (including) 1.0.7_(929) (excluding)
Vpn Mozilla 1.1.0 (including) 1.1.0_(1360) (excluding)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

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.

Potential Mitigations

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