| Title | ningzichun student-management-system 98760f5711cf6dc8b4adca53a9e207ca49b02ebf Session Fixiation |
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| Description | The affected component is `login.php`. The handler calls `session_start()` at line 2 and assigns authenticated user or administrator state at lines 16-24, but never calls `session_regenerate_id()` after successful authentication. On PHP deployments that accept attacker-supplied session IDs (`session.use_strict_mode=0`, the tested PHP 7.4 default), a user can authenticate under a session identifier chosen in advance by an attacker. The attacker can then reuse that identifier to access the resulting authenticated session. |
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| Source | ⚠️ https://github.com/ningzichun/student-management-system/issues/16 |
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| User | Din0s4ur (UID 77596) |
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| Submission | 07/29/2026 20:08 (1 month ago) |
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| Moderation | 09/08/2026 11:36 (1 month later) |
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| Status | Accepted |
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| VulDB entry | 399763 [ningzichun Student Management System up to 98760f5711cf6dc8b4adca53a9e207ca49b02ebf login.php session_start session fixiation] |
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| Points | 20 |
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