CVE-2020-35591

Summary

CVECVE-2020-35591
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-18 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-26 18:52:00 UTC
DescriptionPi-hole 5.0, 5.1, and 5.1.1 allows Session Fixation. The application does not generate a new session cookie after the user is logged in. A malicious user is able to create a new session cookie value and inject it to a victim. After the victim logs in, the injected cookie becomes valid, giving the attacker access to the user's account through the active session.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-384

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pi-hole Pi-hole 5.0 All All All
Application Pi-hole Pi-hole 5.1 All All All
Application Pi-hole Pi-hole 5.1.1 All All All
Application Pi-hole Pi-hole 5.0 All All All
Application Pi-hole Pi-hole 5.1 All All All
Application Pi-hole Pi-hole 5.1.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pi-hole - Multiple Vulnerabilities - The Tales of N4nj0 MISC n4nj0.github.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Latest Announcements topics - Pi-hole Userspace MISC discourse.pi-hole.net Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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