CVE-2022-1849

Session Fixation in GitHub repository filegator/filegator prior to 7.8.0.

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://github.com/filegator/filegator/commit/fcd3995f64f5dfc6a4c2c059cc22a2fef1e81225
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/881f8f36-d5c8-470d-8261-f109e6d5db4b