CVE-2011-4718

N/A Unknown

Published: August 13, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Session fixation vulnerability in the Sessions subsystem in PHP before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by specifying a session ID.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=169b78eb79b0e080b67f9798708eb3771c6d0b2f

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25e8fcc88fa20dc9d4c47184471003f436927cde

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60491

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/strict_sessions

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=169b78eb79b0e080b67f9798708eb3771c6d0b2f

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=25e8fcc88fa20dc9d4c47184471003f436927cde

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60491

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/strict_sessions

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.2%

79th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

php

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