Kimai up to 2.15.0 Session PHPSESSIONID information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kimai up to 2.15.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Session Handler. Such manipulation of the argument PHPSESSIONID leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-4596. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kimai up to 2.15.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Session Handler. The manipulation of the argument PHPSESSIONID with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-4596. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.16.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kimai 2.16.0

Timelineinfo

05/07/2024 🔍
05/07/2024 +0 days 🔍
10/10/2025 +521 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4596 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4596
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263318

Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2024 07:32
Updated: 10/10/2025 20:41
Changes: 05/07/2024 07:32 (54), 10/10/2025 20:41 (30)
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Submitter: DeepCove
Cache ID: 216::103

Submitinfo

Accepted

  • Submit #328639: Kimai Kimai time tracker < 2.16.0 Insecure direct object references (by DeepCove)

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