SESSION MANAGEMENT (SM4)

Alison can set session identification cookies on another web application because the domain and path are not restricted sufficiently

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SESSION MANAGEMENT
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Alison can set session identification cookies on another web application because the domain and path are not restricted sufficiently

OWASP SCP

59,61

OWASP ASVS

3.4.1,3.4.2,3.4.3,3.4.4,3.4.5

OWASP AppSensor

SE2

CAPEC

-

SAFECODE

28

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How to play?

There may be reasons to share sessions across multiple applications, but if one of those applications is less secure it might be used to compromise another.

Mappings

OWASP ASVS (4.0): 3.4.1 ,3.4.2 ,3.4.3 ,3.4.4 ,3.4.5

Capec: 31 ,61

OWASP SCP: 59,61

OWASP Appsensor: SE2

Safecode: 28

ASVS (4.0) Cheatsheetseries Index

ASVS V3.4 - Cookie-based Session Management

No suitable mappings were found.

Attacks

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Password Guessing/Brute Force Attacks

Session Fixation

Session Hijacking (Man-in-the-Middle)

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