Session takeover via unrotated post-login identifier
Published May 25, 2022 · Updated Jul 9, 2026
Session fixation in Gibbon before 23.0.02 allows remote attackers to assume an authenticated user's session after user interaction. The root login.php flow preserves the pre-authentication session identifier instead of regenerating it after credentials are accepted. Exploitation requires an attacker to supply or learn the victim's pre-login identifier and induce that victim to authenticate with it, after which the same identifier grants access to the victim's active account.
Summary
What happened
Session fixation in Gibbon before 23.0.02 allows remote attackers to assume an authenticated user's session after user interaction. The root login.php flow preserves the pre-authentication session identifier instead of regenerating it after credentials are accepted. Exploitation requires an attacker to supply or learn the victim's pre-login identifier and induce that victim to authenticate with it, after which the same identifier grants access to the victim's active account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-27305
- Published
- May 25, 2022
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-384, CAPEC-61, T1550.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 25, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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