What is CVE-2014-2875?

CVE-2014-2875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Keplerproject Cgilua, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2014-2875?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Keplerproject Cgilua

CVE-2014-2875

The session.lua library in CGILua 5.2 alpha 1 and 5.2 alpha 2 uses weak session IDs generated based on OS time, which allows remote attackers to hijack arbitrary sessions via a brute force attack. NOTE: CVE-2014-10399 and CVE-2014-10400 were SPLIT from this ID.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Keplerproject Cgilua — versions 5.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-2875?: CVE-2014-2875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Keplerproject Cgilua, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2014-2875?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.