CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-5205

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.

5.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvw Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1016-2020-01-07 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:powauth:pow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-01-09 02:15

Updated : 2020-01-17 02:45

NVD link : CVE-2020-5205

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5205

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-384

Session Fixation