Session hijacking via predictable 16-bit identifiers
Published Mar 16, 2023 · Updated Feb 26, 2025
Session ID weakness in ABB Pulsar Plus System Controller and Infinity DC Power Plant allows remote authenticated users to hijack sessions. The web server issues 16-bit session IDs that increment predictably and exposes them in page URLs, enabling an observed ID to reveal other valid session values. Exploitation requires network access, a successful login to obtain a session ID, and user interaction; a hijacked session can expose data or permit high-impact changes.
Summary
What happened
Session ID weakness in ABB Pulsar Plus System Controller and Infinity DC Power Plant allows remote authenticated users to hijack sessions. The web server issues 16-bit session IDs that increment predictably and exposes them in page URLs, enabling an observed ID to reveal other valid session values. Exploitation requires network access, a successful login to obtain a session ID, and user interaction; a hijacked session can expose data or permit high-impact changes.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-26080
- Published
- Mar 16, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2025
- Vendor
- GENEREX SYSTEMS Computervertriebsgesellschaft mbH
- Product
- Pulsar Plus System Controller NE843_S
- Classifications
- CWE-330, T1539
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 16, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=comcode 150042936
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