CVE-2020-5205

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.77% (56th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
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4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

In Pow (Hex package) before 1.0.16, the use of Plug.Session in Pow.Plug.Session is susceptible to session fixation attacks if a persistent session store is used for Plug.Session, such as Redis or a database. Cookie store, which is used in most Phoenix apps, doesn't have this vulnerability.

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cvss

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6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 4.9
v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.5
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.3 · impact 4.7
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-384USprimaryCWE-384US
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affected products (3)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvwSession fixation2022-04-12ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact The use of `Plug.Session` in `Pow.Plug.Session` is susceptible to session fixation attacks if a persistent session store is used for `Plug.Session`, such as Redis or a database. Cookie store, which is used in most Phoenix apps, doesn't have this vulnerability. ### Workarounds Call `Plug.Conn.configure_session(conn, renew: true)` periodically and after privilege change. A custom authorization plug can be written where the `create/3` method should return the `conn` only after `Plug.Conn.configure_session/2` have been called on it. ### References https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474f https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Session_fixation

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-01-09modified 2026-06-17
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references (10)

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