ghsa-v2wf-c3j6-wpvw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-04-12 21:27
Modified
2022-04-12 21:27
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Summary
Session fixation
Details

Impact

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.

Workarounds

Call Plug.Conn.configure_session(conn, renew: true) periodically and after privilege change. A custom authorization plug can be written where the create/3 method should return the conn only after Plug.Conn.configure_session/2 have been called on it.

References

https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474f
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Session_fixation

Show details on source website

To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Hex",
        "name": "pow"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.0.16"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-5205"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-384"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-04-12T21:27:49Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nThe 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\u0027t have this vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nCall `Plug.Conn.configure_session(conn, renew: true)` periodically and after privilege change. A custom authorization plug can be written where the `create/3` method should return the `conn` only after `Plug.Conn.configure_session/2` have been called on it.\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474f  \nhttps://www.owasp.org/index.php/Session_fixation",
  "id": "GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvw",
  "modified": "2022-04-12T21:27:49Z",
  "published": "2022-04-12T21:27:49Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvw"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5205"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474f"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/danschultzer/pow"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1016-2020-01-07"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Session fixation"
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.