Account takeover via retained attacker-chosen session token
Published May 29, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Session fixation in HAWKI before commit 146967f allows remote attackers to take over a user's account through a fixed PHP session ID. The login and logout paths retain an attacker-chosen PHPSESSID instead of replacing it when authentication state changes. Exploitation requires placing the chosen token in a victim's browser and inducing that victim to authenticate, after which the attacker reuses the authenticated session.
Summary
What happened
Session fixation in HAWKI before commit 146967f allows remote attackers to take over a user's account through a fixed PHP session ID. The login and logout paths retain an attacker-chosen PHPSESSID instead of replacing it when authentication state changes. Exploitation requires placing the chosen token in a victim's browser and inducing that victim to authenticate, after which the attacker reuses the authenticated session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-25977
- Published
- May 29, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- Product
- HAWKI
- Classifications
- CWE-384, CAPEC-61, T1550.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=versions before commit 146967f
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