Insecure session management

Description

The session token does not expire when the user terminates the session and can be used to post requests afterwards.

Impact

• Access the session of a previously authenticated user.
• Make enquiries to obtain confidential information.
• Obtain business information with valid token.

Recommendation

Ensure the expiration of the session token after the user logs out.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from the Internet with access to a session token.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: N
• Attack complexity: H
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: R
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: L
• Integrity: L
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code madurity: X
• Remediation level: X
• Report confidence: X

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
• Score:
  • Base: 4.2
  • Temporal: 4.2
• Severity:
  • Base: Medium
  • Temporal: Medium

Requirements

• 030.Avoid object reutilization
• 031.Discard user session data
• 141.Force re-authentication

Fixes

• Scala
• Swift
• Dart
• Elixir
• Go
• Python
• Ruby
• C-Sharp
• Java
• TypeScript

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