General Information

Session Fixation

Variants:
Direct Persistent 

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Generic

Layer:
Application-Level

Platforms:
Any

Target Type:
Web Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Session Management

Invented In:
01/12/2002

Added In:
23/12/2014

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Vector Operation Method:
Attackers can lure other users to access the application via pre-crafted links that set a pre-generated session identifier, eliminating the need to steal the session identifier of the user later, or referring the user to a resource in which the attacker already included malicious content.


Direct Variant:

Session Fixation

Variant Title:
Session Fixation

Typical Severity:
Medium

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Persistent Variant:

Persistent Session Fixation

Variant Title:
Persistent Session Fixation

Typical Severity:
Major

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