Session Fixation in filegator/filegator

Valid

Reported on

May 22nd 2022


🔒️ Requirements

None.

📝 Description

The updateUser function does not reset user's session.

🕵️‍♂️ Proof of Concept

Use two browsers and on the first, update the second user's session to delete his privileges.

Session_1.png

Going to the second, you and refreshing the page, you will that the user have lost his right (until his session get over).

Session_2.png

Impact

Due to this vulnerability, it won't be possible to properly handle rights management.

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Milos Stojanovic validated this vulnerability a year ago
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Milos Stojanovic marked this as fixed in 7.8.0 with commit fcd399 a year ago
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