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CVE-2020-5205

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Date: January 8, 2020

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.

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Related Resources (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5205
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474f
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvw
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1016-2020-01-07
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-5205

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Session Fixation

CWE-384

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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