Claroline E-Learning Session Hijacking Vulnerability

BID:16341

Info

Claroline E-Learning Session Hijacking Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16341
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 20 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 07 2006 08:55PM
Credit: [email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Claroline Claroline 1.7.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Claroline E-Learning Session Hijacking Vulnerability


Claroline e-Learning is prone to a session-hijacking vulnerability. This issue is due to the way the application creates cookie session data.

An attacker can exploit this issue to authenticate to the application as any valid logged-in user. This may facilitate a compromise of the application if an administrative account is used.

Exploit / POC

Claroline E-Learning Session Hijacking Vulnerability


No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Claroline E-Learning Session Hijacking Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

References

Claroline E-Learning Session Hijacking Vulnerability

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