What is CVE-2009-20001?

CVE-2009-20001 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2009-20001?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mantisbt

CVE-2009-20001

An issue was discovered in MantisBT before 2.24.5. It associates a unique cookie string with each user. This string is not reset upon logout (i.e., the user session is still considered valid and active), allowing an attacker who somehow gained access to a user's cookie to login as them.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Mantisbt
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-20001?: CVE-2009-20001 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mantisbt, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2009-20001?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.