Medium severity · published Mar 3, 2017
CVE-2017-5831
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1, when setting a new password, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via…
5.9
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1, when setting a new password, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session ID.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Revive Adserver · Revive-adserver
through 4.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5831
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5831
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/3
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95875
Patch
https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2017-001/
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