CVE-2020-5205
Session fixation attack in Pow (Hex package)
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Jan 9, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 2, 2020
Description
In Pow (Hex package) before 1.0.16, the use of Plug.Session in Pow.Plug.Session is susceptible to session fixation attacks if a persistent session store is used for Plug.Session, such as Redis or a database. Cookie store, which is used in most Phoenix apps, doesn't have this vulnerability.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-384 Session Fixation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Powdanschultzer |
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References
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