CVE-2019-8149

CRITICAL

Magento Broken authentication and session managememt

Published May 24, 2022Updated May 19, 2024Source: osv

Summary

Insecure authentication and session management vulnerability exists in Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.10, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.3 or 2.3.2-p1. An unauthenticated user can append arbitrary session id that will not be invalidated by subsequent authentication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.2.10 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.2.10"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.3.2-p1 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.3.2-p1"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (2)

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3 (+6 more)	2.2.10
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2	2.3.2-p1

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-287
Improper AuthenticationMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-8149?: Magento Broken authentication and session managememt This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2019-8149?: CVE-2019-8149 affects magento/community-edition. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2019-8149 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-8mwx-wpp4-5xh4

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