PT-2008-4831 · Phpfreechat · Phpfreechat

Published 2008-07-31 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3428

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phpFreeChat version 1.1

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions. This is achieved by setting the session id parameter to match the victim's nickid parameter.

Recommendations For phpFreeChat version 1.1, consider restricting access to the session id parameter to prevent session hijacking until a patch is available.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3428

Affected Products

Phpfreechat

References · 6

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31283 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30462 · Patch
• http://phpfreechat.net/changelog/1.2 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3428 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3428 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44116 · Note