Administrator session hijacking via cross-origin code analysis
Published Mar 10, 2025 · Updated Aug 27, 2025
Session cookie disclosure in Gtbabel before 6.6.9 allows remote attackers to hijack an administrator session via a crafted link. The gtbabel-trans admin page accepts an attacker-controlled URL parameter for code analysis without restricting it to the blog origin, then sends the logged-in user's WordPress cookies with the outbound request. Exploitation requires a logged-in user to open the crafted URL; an administrator's exposed session cookie permits account takeover.
Summary
What happened
Session cookie disclosure in Gtbabel before 6.6.9 allows remote attackers to hijack an administrator session via a crafted link. The gtbabel-trans admin page accepts an attacker-controlled URL parameter for code analysis without restricting it to the blog origin, then sends the logged-in user's WordPress cookies with the outbound request. Exploitation requires a logged-in user to open the crafted URL; an administrator's exposed session cookie permits account takeover.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-11638
- Published
- Mar 10, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Gtbabel
- Product
- Gtbabel
- Classifications
- CWE-201, T1539
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <6.6.9
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