ImpressCMS PHPSESSID session hijacking
| impresscms-phpsessid-session-hijacking (46989) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ImpressCMS could allow a remote attacker to hijack a valid user's session, caused by a vulnerability in the PHPSESSID cookie variable. By setting the PHPSESSID variable to a fixed value, a remote attacker could hijack a victim's session once the victim logs into the application using the set PHPSESSID value.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of ImpressCMS (1.1.1 RC1 or later), available from the ImpressCMS Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Nov 27 2008 - 05:57:10 CST: [HACKATTACK Advisory 20081127]Social Impress CMS 1.1 - Session Fixation.
- ImpressCMS Web site: ImpressCMS.
- SourceForge.net: PHP Session Security Patch - ImpressCMS 1.1.1 RC.
- BID-32495: ImpressCMS 'PHPSESSID' Session Fixation Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-5964: Session fixation vulnerability in Social ImpressCMS before 1.1.1 RC1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the PHPSESSID parameter.
- SA32985: ImpressCMS Session Fixation Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Impresscms ImpressCMS 1.0
- Impresscms ImpressCMS 1.0.1
- Impresscms ImpressCMS 1.0.2
- Impresscms ImpressCMS 1.0.3
- Impresscms ImpressCMS 1.1
- ImpressCMS ImpressCMS 1.1 de
Reported:
Nov 27, 2008
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