Session Fixation Affecting symfony/symfony package, versions >=5.4.21, <5.4.31 >=6.2.7, <6.3.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-SYMFONYSYMFONY-6056135
  • published 12 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 10 Nov 2023
  • credit Robert Meijers

How to fix?

Upgrade symfony/symfony to version 5.4.31, 6.3.8 or higher.

Overview

symfony/symfony is a PHP framework for web applications and a set of reusable PHP components.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Session Fixation in the SessionStrategyListener, when the user identifier doesn't change between the verification phase and the successful login, while the token itself changes from one type (partially-authenticated) to another (fully-authenticated).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

6.5 medium