What is CVE-2017-5831?

CVE-2017-5831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Revive-adserver Revive_adserver, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-5831?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Revive-adserver Revive_adserver

CVE-2017-5831

Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1, when setting a new password, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session ID.

EPSS: 0.002 (45.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Revive-adserver Revive_adserver
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5831?: CVE-2017-5831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Revive-adserver Revive_adserver, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-5831?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.