Session Fixation
CVE-2020-35591
Summary
Pi-hole 5.0, 5.1, and 5.1.1 allows Session Fixation. The application does not generate a new session cookie after the user is logged in. A malicious user is able to create a new session cookie value and inject it to a victim. After the victim logs in, the injected cookie becomes valid, giving the attacker access to the user's account through the active session.
- LOW
- NETWORK
- LOW
- UNCHANGED
- 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.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published