CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-26037

Insufficient Session Expiration

Published: Jul 07, 2021 | Modified: Jul 09, 2021
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.9.27. CMS functions did not properly termine existing user sessions when a users password was changed or the user was blocked.

Weakness

According to WASC, “Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization.”

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Joomla! Joomla 2.5.0 (including) 3.9.27 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References