GHSA-FPWP-69XV-C67F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-09-13 15:46 – Updated: 2025-07-11 23:17
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Summary
aiohttp-session Session Fixation vulnerability
Details

The pypi package aiohttp-session before 2.4.0 contained a Session Fixation vulnerability in load_session function for RedisStorage that can result in Session Hijacking. This attack appear to be exploitable via Any method that allows setting session cookies (?session=<>, or meta tags or script tags with Set-Cookie).

Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "aiohttp-session"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.4.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-1000519"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-384"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:35:06Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-06-26T16:29:01Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The pypi package aiohttp-session before 2.4.0 contained a Session Fixation vulnerability in `load_session` function for RedisStorage that can result in Session Hijacking. This attack appear to be exploitable via Any method that allows setting session cookies (`?session=\u003c\u003e`, or meta tags or script tags with Set-Cookie).",
  "id": "GHSA-fpwp-69xv-c67f",
  "modified": "2025-07-11T23:17:38Z",
  "published": "2018-09-13T15:46:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000519"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session/issues/272"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session/commit/6b7864004d3442dbcfaf8687f63262c1c629f569"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fpwp-69xv-c67f"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session/blob/master/aiohttp_session/redis_storage.py#L60"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/aiohttp-session/PYSEC-2018-80.yaml"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "aiohttp-session Session Fixation vulnerability"
}


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