CWE-200
WASC-14
OWASP 2013-A5
OWASP 2017-A6
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

Express express-session Weak Secret Key Detected

Severity:
Medium
Summary

Invicti detected that a weak secret is used in Express sessions.

The Express web application uses the express-session middleware. The middleware stores a session id in a cookie and uses a secret key to sign it for protection against data tampering. The application is using a weak/known secret key and Invicti managed to guess this key.

Impact

An attacker can tamper the session id in the cookie.

Remediation
Required Skills for Successful Exploitation
Actions To Take

Change the value of the secret key to a long random string.

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