CVE-2019-15955 Weak cryptography in n/a
Weak cookie encryption allows attackers to brute force admin session cookies and steal passwords, leading to full administrative account takeover.
- 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-2019-15955?
CVE-2019-15955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Total.js CMS 12.0.0. A low privilege user can perform a simple transformation of a cookie to obtain the random values inside it. If an attacker can discover a session cookie owned by an admin, then it is possible to brute force it with O(n)=2n instead of O(n)=n^x complexity, and steal the admin password.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15955?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Totaljs Total.js Cms.
How do I fix CVE-2019-15955?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15955 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-15955 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15955 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2gc-x3q3-8fp4.