CVE-2020-5205 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-5205: Session fixation attack in Pow (Hex package)

Vendor Danschultzer
Product Pow
Weakness CWE-384 · Session fixation
Published January 9, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 9, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated