CVE-2014-2875
MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 6, 2020 at 03:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCgilua
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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The session.lua library in CGILua 5.2 alpha 1 and 5.2 alpha 2 uses weak session IDs generated based on OS time, which allows remote attackers to hijack arbitrary sessions via a brute force attack. NOTE: CVE-2014-10399 and CVE-2014-10400 were SPLIT from this ID.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/318x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531981/100/0/threadedx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.syhunt.com/en/index.php?n=Advisories.Cgilua-weaksessionidCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-307
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