SESSION MANAGEMENT (SMX)

Marce can forge requests because per-session, or per-request for more critical actions, strong random tokens (i.e. anti-CSRF tokens) or similar are not being used for actions that change state

SESSION MANAGEMENT
10

Marce can forge requests because per-session, or per-request for more critical actions, strong random tokens (i.e. anti-CSRF tokens) or similar are not being used for actions that change state

OWASP SCP

73,74

OWASP ASVS

4.2.2

OWASP AppSensor

IE4

CAPEC

-

SAFECODE

18

How to play?

echnical Note: Consider supplementing standard session management with:

Per-session strong random tokens or parameters. Per-request, as opposed to per-session, strong random tokens or parameters.

Mappings

OWASP ASVS (4.0): 4.2.2

Capec: 62 ,111

OWASP SCP: 73,74

OWASP Appsensor: IE4

Safecode: 18

ASVS (4.0) Cheatsheetseries Index

ASVS V4.2 - Operation Level Access Control

No suitable mappings were found.

Attacks

(Session) Data tampering

Session Fixation

Session Hijacking (Man-in-the-Middle)

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