CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-4291

Session Fixation

Published: Apr 08, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Security Information Queue (ISIQ) 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, and 1.0.5 could disclose sensitive information to an unauthorized user due to insufficient timeout functionality in the Web UI. IBM X-Force ID: 176334.

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
Security_information_queue Ibm 1.0.0 (including) 1.0.0 (including)
Security_information_queue Ibm 1.0.1 (including) 1.0.1 (including)
Security_information_queue Ibm 1.0.2 (including) 1.0.2 (including)
Security_information_queue Ibm 1.0.3 (including) 1.0.3 (including)
Security_information_queue Ibm 1.0.4 (including) 1.0.4 (including)
Security_information_queue Ibm 1.0.5 (including) 1.0.5 (including)

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

References