CVE-2026-105233 in food-waste-management-system
Summary
by MITRE • 10/05/2026
A vulnerability has been found in kishor-23 food-waste-management-system 411989e3ecb82895e53dca7865f72145f03d7d93/b3a70b2c492dc9904de5be1ad9389bd79b87f82c. This affects an unknown function of the file login.php of the component Login Flow. Such manipulation of the argument PHPSESSID leads to session fixiation. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 10/05/2026
The food-waste-management-system, specifically identified by commit hashes 411989e3ecb82895e53dca7865f72145f03d7d93 and b3a70b2c492dc9904de5be1ad9389bd79b87f82c, contains a critical security flaw within its authentication mechanism. This vulnerability resides in the login.php file, which handles the initial user verification process for the application's Login Flow component. The core issue is related to session management practices that fail to properly invalidate or regenerate session identifiers upon successful authentication. Instead of issuing a new, unpredictable session token after a user logs in, the system retains the existing PHPSESSID value provided by the client prior to login. This architectural oversight creates a direct pathway for attackers to hijack active sessions without needing valid credentials.
The technical nature of this flaw is classified as Session Fixation, which aligns with CWE-384: Session Fixation in the Common Weakness Enumeration database. In a typical secure implementation, when an unauthenticated user requests access and subsequently provides valid credentials, the server should destroy the old session context entirely and generate a fresh one to prevent any prior state from being carried over into the authenticated scope. However, because this system fails to perform such regeneration, it allows an attacker who has previously established a connection with the application to predict or control the session identifier that will be associated with the victim's account after they log in. This is particularly dangerous because PHPSESSID values are often transmitted via cookies and can be manipulated through various vectors including URL parameters or crafted HTTP headers if not strictly validated against server-side state.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is severe, as it effectively bypasses authentication controls by allowing an attacker to assume the identity of any user who logs into the system while under the attacker's controlled session environment. Since the exploit can be launched remotely over a network connection, no physical access or local privilege escalation is required for initiation. An adversary could distribute a malicious link containing their own PHPSESSID value through phishing emails, social engineering, or other web-based attack vectors. When an unsuspecting user clicks this link and proceeds to log in using legitimate credentials, the server binds that authenticated session to the attacker's known session ID. Consequently, the attacker can immediately use that same session identifier to access all resources and functionalities available to the victim, including sensitive data related to food waste management operations, potentially leading to unauthorized modifications of records or exposure of confidential information.
This vulnerability is further exacerbated by the fact that public exploit code has been disclosed, lowering the barrier to entry for malicious actors who may lack sophisticated development skills but possess basic knowledge of web application attacks. The absence of versioning in this product complicates remediation efforts significantly, as there are no distinct release tags or changelogs available to determine which specific deployments are affected versus those that might have been patched inadvertently through other code changes. This ambiguity forces administrators to assume all instances running the identified commit hashes are vulnerable until manual verification confirms otherwise. The project maintainers were notified via an issue report but have not yet responded, leaving users without official guidance or patches for a prolonged period.
Mitigation strategies must focus on immediate defensive coding practices and infrastructure-level controls since upstream fixes are unavailable. Developers should implement session regeneration immediately after successful authentication events to ensure that the PHPSESSID is replaced with a new, cryptographically secure random value that cannot be predicted by external parties. Additionally, setting appropriate flags such as HttpOnly and Secure on cookies can mitigate some risks associated with client-side script access or transmission over unencrypted channels, although these do not directly prevent fixation if regeneration does not occur. Administrators should also enforce strict session timeout policies to limit the window of opportunity for exploitation once a fix is eventually applied. Until then, monitoring logs for unusual login patterns from known malicious IP addresses and restricting direct exposure of the login endpoint through network segmentation can provide temporary relief against remote exploitation attempts aligned with MITRE ATT&CK technique T1078: Valid Accounts.