Vulnerability · Published Jun 29, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-40642

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Textpattern CMS v4.8.7 and older vulnerability exists through Sensitive Cookie in HTTPS Session Without 'Secure' Attribute via textpattern/lib/txplib_misc.php. The secure flag is not set for txp_login session cookie in the application. If the secure flag is not set, then the cookie will be transmitted in clear-text if the user visits any HTTP URLs within the cookie's scope. An attacker may be able to induce this event by feeding a user suitable links, either directly or via another web site.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern/commit/211fab0093999f59b0b61682aa988ac7d8337aa9 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.huntr.dev/bounties/aadbe434-a376-443b-876f-2a1cbab7847b/ x_refsource_MISC