Account takeover via brute-forced session identifiers
Published Nov 10, 2022 · Updated May 1, 2025
Insufficiently random session IDs in Wiesemann & Theis Com-Server firmware allow remote attackers to hijack active user accounts. The web interface allocates session identifiers from a small value space, allowing repeated guesses to locate a valid logged-in session. A legitimate user must first log in; successful guessing grants the attacker that user's account access on the appliance.
Summary
What happened
Insufficiently random session IDs in Wiesemann & Theis Com-Server firmware allow remote attackers to hijack active user accounts. The web interface allocates session identifiers from a small value space, allowing repeated guesses to locate a valid logged-in session. A legitimate user must first log in; successful guessing grants the attacker that user's account access on the appliance.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-42787
- Published
- Nov 10, 2022
- Updated
- May 1, 2025
- Vendor
- Wiesemann & Theis GmbH
- Product
- Com-Server LC
- Classifications
- CWE-330, CAPEC-112, T1110
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 10, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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