CVE-2022-24781 Malicious users can take over the session of other players

High 7.1 Published Updated

Attackers can hijack other players' sessions by spoofing UUIDs, allowing unauthorized access to game sessions.

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-2022-24781?

CVE-2022-24781 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in math-geon Geon, published on 24 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Geon is a board game based on solving questions about the Pythagorean Theorem. Malicious users can obtain the uuid from other users, spoof that uuid through the browser console and become co-owners of the target session. This issue is patched in version 1.1.0. No known workaround exists.

Weakness: CWE-384

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24781?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Geon Project Geon.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24781?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24781 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-2022-24781 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24781 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4fv9-g2jh-j5xm.

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