CVE-2020-4229 Auth bypass in MobileFirst Platform Foundation
Attackers can hijack user sessions due to improper cookie invalidation upon logout, allowing unauthorized access to user accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-4229?
CVE-2020-4229 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation, published on 5 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Worklight/MobileFoundation 8.0.0.0 does not properly invalidate session cookies when a user logs out of a session, which could allow another user to gain unauthorized access to a user's session. IBM X-Force ID: 175211.
Weakness: CWE-384
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4229?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Mobile Foundation.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4229?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4229 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-2020-4229 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4229 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-47xr-vqf6-fqhm.