CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-8517

Session Fixation

Published: Aug 04, 2025 | Modified: Aug 27, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability was detected in givanz Vvveb 1.0.6.1. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in session fixiation. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.0.7 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is identified as d4b1e030066417b77d15b4ac505eed5ae7bf2c5e. You should upgrade the affected component.

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
Vvveb Vvveb * 1.0.7 (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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