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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2018-25052
CVE-2018-25052:
Linux Debian vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A vulnerability has been identified in Catalyst-Plugin-Session up to version 0.40, tracked as CVE-2018-25052. The vulnerability affects the session handling functionality of the plugin and was disclosed in December 2022 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper handling of HTML entities in error messages when processing session IDs. When an invalid session ID is provided, the application fails to properly encode HTML entities in the error message, potentially leading to self-XSS attacks (GitHub Commit).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform self-XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) attacks by manipulating session IDs with malicious HTML/JavaScript content (GitHub Commit).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 0.41 of Catalyst-Plugin-Session by implementing proper HTML entity encoding for session ID values in error messages. Users should upgrade to version 0.41 or later to address this security issue (GitHub Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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