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CVE-2020-5205

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CVE-2020-5205

Published: Jan 9, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

danschultzer

Pow

affected
< 1.0.16

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

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