Vulnerability · Published Jan 9, 2020 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2020-5205Session fixation attack in Pow (Hex package)
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity session fixation in Pow from danschultzer. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| danschultzer | Pow | < 1.0.16 |
Weakness: CWE-384 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N