CVE-2023-38489
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Kirby vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration after a password change
rank 24 = 0 + 18 + 0 + 6 + 0
rank@v1 · backlog
Someone is already using it
CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS
EPSS 0.00809 · without this subject the record ranks 24
What it costs you if it fires
NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own
CVSS 7.3, from NVD · without this subject the record ranks 6
It is getting worse, not staying still
FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed
no persisting rise in 365 days · without this subject the record ranks 24
How much of the world it touches
NVD CPE configurations
5 products in the CPE ranges · without this subject the record ranks 18
Someone else already set the date
CISA KEV remediation due date
no CISA due date · without this subject the record ranks 24
$35,600 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.8814887365328109 exposure x 0.00809 likelihood
udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run
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- RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
- RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
- RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
- RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known
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Attack path
What it is stated by the CNA
Kirby is a content management system. A vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.8.3, 3.6.6.3, 3.7.5.2, 3.8.4.1, and 3.9.6 affects all Kirby sites with user accounts (unless Kirby's API and Panel are disabled in the config). It can only be abused if a Kirby user is logged in on a device or browser that is shared with potentially untrusted users or if an attacker already maliciously used a previous password to log in to a Kirby site as the affected user. Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization. receipt
Read the rest of the CNA's description
In the variation described in this advisory, it allows attackers to stay logged in to a Kirby site on another device even if the logged in user has since changed their password. Kirby did not invalidate user sessions that were created with a password that was since changed by the user or by a site admin. If a user changed their password to lock out an attacker who was already in possession of the previous password or of a login session on another device or browser, the attacker would not be reliably prevented from accessing the Kirby site as the affected user. The problem has been patched in Kirby 3.5.8.3, 3.6.6.3, 3.7.5.2, 3.8.4.1, and 3.9.6. In all of the mentioned releases, the maintainers have updated the authentication implementation to keep track of the hashed password in each active session. If the password changed since the login, the session is invalidated. To enforce this fix even if the vulnerability was previously abused, all users are logged out from the Kirby site after updating to one of the patched releases.
NVD's analysis a second authority
- severity
- 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- weakness
- CWE-613
- affected versions
- getkirby kirby >= 3.5.0 < 3.5.8.3; getkirby kirby >= 3.6.0 < 3.6.6.3; getkirby kirby >= 3.7.0 < 3.7.5.2; and 2 more, listed in full below
- also scored by
- [email protected] 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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