Session Fixation Affecting requests package, versions [2.1.0,2.6.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.58% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-REQUESTS-40316
  • published 14 Mar 2015
  • disclosed 14 Mar 2015
  • credit Matthew Daley

Overview

requests is a Python HTTP for Humans.

The resolve_redirects function in sessions.py in requests 2.1.0 through 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks via a cookie without a host value in a redirect.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

6.3 medium
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Red Hat

4.3 medium
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SUSE

3.1 low