Skip to main content

Session Fixation

CVE-2014-10399

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

The session.lua library in CGILua 5.1.x uses the same ID for each session, which allows remote attackers to hijack arbitrary sessions. NOTE: this vulnerability was SPLIT from CVE-2014-2875.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-384 - Session Fixation

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.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published