Description

The Session Cookie is generated from any value sent from the front end, allowing to modify it and set an insecure session cookie.

Impact

- Set any value as a session cookie.
- Consume reporting services without authorization.

Recommendation

Prevent modification of the session cookie value.

Threat

External attacker with Internet access and a valid token.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 60 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: A
• Attack complexity: L
• Privileges required: L
• User interaction: R
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: L
• Integrity: L
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code maturity: X
• Remediation level: X
• Report confidence: X

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
• Score:
• Base: 4.1
• Temporal: 4.1
• Severity:
• Base: Medium
• Temporal: Medium

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

• Attack vector: A
• Attack complexity: L
• Attack Requirements: N
• Privileges required: L
• User interaction: A
• Confidentiality (VC): L
• Integrity (VI): L
• Availability (VA): N
• Confidentiality (SC): N
• Integrity (SI): N
• Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

• Exploit maturity: X

Result 4.0

• Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
• Score:
• CVSS-BT: 2.4
• Severity:
• CVSS-BT: Low

Requirements

• 173.Discard unsafe inputs
• 320.Avoid client-side control enforcement
• 342.Validate request parameters

Fixes

• Java
• Elixir
• C-Sharp
• Go
• Ruby
• Dart
• PHP
• Scala
• Python
• TypeScript

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