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CVE-2018-10966

Published: Jun 5, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

An issue was discovered in GamerPolls 0.4.6, related to config/environments/all.js and config/initializers/02_passport.js. An attacker can edit the Passport.js contents of the session cookie to contain the ID number of the account they wish to take over, and re-sign it using the hard coded secret.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/GamerPolls/gamerpolls.com/pull/56

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/GamerPolls/gamerpolls.com/blob/03ccbaf219410e0a45390d0efc12017f08a25282/config/environments/all.js#L58

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://www.digitalinterruption.com/single-post/2018/06/04/Are-Your-Cookies-Telling-Your-Fortune

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