High severity · published Nov 24, 2021
CVE-2021-41268
Symfony/SecurityBundle is the security system for Symfony, a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components
8.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Symfony/SecurityBundle is the security system for Symfony, a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Since the rework of the Remember me cookie in version 5.3.0, the cookie is not invalidated when the user changes their password. Attackers can therefore maintain their access to the account even if the password is changed as long as they have had the chance to login once and get a valid remember me cookie. Starting with version 5.3.12, Symfony makes the password part of the signature by default. In that way, when the password changes, then the cookie is not valid anymore.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SY
Symfony · Sensiolabs
5.3.0 before 5.3.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41268
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41268
Patch
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/36a808b857cd3240244f4b224452fb1e70dc6dfc
Patch
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pull/44243
Release Notes
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v5.3.12
Patch
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-qw36-p97w-vcqr
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