CVE-2019-5647 Rapid7 AppSpider Chrome Plugin Insufficient Session Expiration
The AppSpider Chrome plugin fails to expire sessions after browser restarts, potentially allowing attackers to hijack active user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5647?
CVE-2019-5647 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 AppSpider, published on 22 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Chrome Plugin for Rapid7 AppSpider can incorrectly keep browser sessions active after recording a macro, even after a restart of the Chrome browser. This behavior could make future session hijacking attempts easier, since the user could believe a session was closed when it was not. This issue affects Rapid7 AppSpider version 3.8.213 and prior versions, and is fixed in version 3.8.215.
Weakness: CWE-613
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5647?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rapid7 Appspider.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5647?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5647 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5647 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5647 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Rapid7 AppSpider
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4qpq-v2q4-wj9r.