Social Media Skeleton up to 1.0.4 session expiration

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Social Media Skeleton up to 1.0.4. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in session expiration. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-40174. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Social Media Skeleton up to 1.0.4 (Social Network Software). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session expiration vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-613. According to WASC, "Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization." This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. Insufficient session expiration is a web application security vulnerability that occurs when a web application does not properly manage the lifecycle of a user's session. Social media skeleton releases prior to 1.0.5 did not properly limit manage user session lifecycles. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The weakness was disclosed 08/19/2023 as GHSA-cr5c-ggwq-g4hq. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-40174 since 08/09/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 99738b2cc5efb6a5739161c931daa43f99431e5a is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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CNA Base Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Session expiration
CWE: CWE-613
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Social Media Skeleton 1.0.5
Patch: 99738b2cc5efb6a5739161c931daa43f99431e5a

Timelineinfo

08/09/2023 🔍
08/19/2023 +10 days 🔍
08/19/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/13/2023 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-cr5c-ggwq-g4hq
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-40174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-40174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237537

Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2023 08:12
Updated: 09/13/2023 15:47
Changes: 08/19/2023 08:12 (51), 09/13/2023 15:47 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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