# CVE-2023-6913: Session Hijacking on Imou Life app

> Attackers can hijack user accounts via QR code scanning in the Imou Life app, enabling phishing and unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2gwm-8mq4-p9j4

## What is CVE-2023-6913?

CVE-2023-6913 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imou Life app, published on 19 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A session hijacking vulnerability has been detected in the Imou Life application affecting version 6.7.0. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack user accounts due to the QR code functionality not properly filtering codes when scanning a new device and directly running WebView without prompting or displaying it to the user. This vulnerability could trigger phishing attacks.

Weakness: CWE-384 (Session Fixation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6913?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Imoulife Imou Life.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6913?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6913 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6913 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6913 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6913 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6913 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imou Life app, published on 19 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6913 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Imou Life app. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6913/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6913/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6913
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6913
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6913

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6913/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.