CVE-2014-1219 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack user sessions by exploiting predictable session token substrings in CA 2E Web Option.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-1219?

CVE-2014-1219 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Feb 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CA 2E Web Option r8.1.2 accepts a predictable substring of a W2E_SSNID session token in place of the entire token, which allows remote attackers to hijack sessions by changing characters at the end of this substring, as demonstrated by terminating a session via a modified SSNID parameter to web2edoc/close.htm.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1219?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Broadcom 2e Web Option.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1219?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1219 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2014-1219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vfgg-62x5-92v2.

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