Insecurely generated token - Lifespan

Description

Session tokens are generated with an expiration time of approximately 5 days.

Impact

Leverage a session token to modify user information.

Recommendation

Decrease the life time of the tokens.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from the Internet with a session token.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 60 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: N
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: L
• Integrity: L
• Availability: N

Temporal

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

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:X
• Score:
  • Base: 4.8
  • Temporal: 4.6
• Severity:
  • Base: Medium
  • Temporal: Medium

Requirements

• 335.Define out of band token lifespan
• 369.Set a maximum lifetime in sessions

Fixes

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

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