Session-cookie exposure via omitted Secure attribute
Published Jan 9, 2024 · Updated Apr 17, 2025
Sensitive-cookie exposure in SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal 1.0 allows remote attackers to capture session cookies over HTTP. The affected cookie-setting code omits the Secure attribute, allowing a browser to transmit the cookie over an unencrypted HTTP connection. Exploitation requires a victim's authenticated session to fall back to HTTP where an attacker can observe the traffic; the disclosed impact is cookie confidentiality.
Summary
What happened
Sensitive-cookie exposure in SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal 1.0 allows remote attackers to capture session cookies over HTTP. The affected cookie-setting code omits the Secure attribute, allowing a browser to transmit the cookie over an unencrypted HTTP connection. Exploitation requires a victim's authenticated session to fall back to HTTP where an attacker can observe the traffic; the disclosed impact is cookie confidentiality.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0349
- Published
- Jan 9, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Online Computer and Laptop Store Project
- Product
- Engineers Online Portal
- Classifications
- CWE-614, CAPEC-102, T1539
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- Public proof-of-concept for CVE-2024-0349proof of concept · unverified
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