Session Fixation
CVE-2018-1148
Summary
In Nessus before 7.1.0, Session Fixation exists due to insufficient session management within the application. An authenticated attacker could maintain system access due to session fixation after a user password change.
- LOW
- NETWORK
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- NONE
- 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.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published