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Tiago Ferreira Barbosa commented on AXIS2-4739:
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Not necessarily, consider the case in which an attacker sends a malicious URL
(see code snippet) for the administrator, and when he access the admin page via
this URL, your session might have stolen.
> Apache Axis2 Session Fixation
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>
> Key: AXIS2-4739
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4739
> Project: Axis2
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 1.5.1, 1.5, 1.4.1
> Environment: Tested on Linux Ubuntu & Debian. Other distributions may
> be vulnerable.
> Reporter: Tiago Ferreira Barbosa
> Priority: Critical
>
> We have found a Session Fixation Vulnerability in administrative interface of
> Apache Axis2. When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows to
> fixate a session Cookie in the browser of the victim, this way it's possible
> to perform session hijacking attacks.
> The vulnerability was found in the administrative interface of Axis2. By
> default, it is accessible at the path /axis2/axis2-admin. To exploit this
> flaw, we used a Cross Site Script in existing Axis2
> (http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12721/).
> Code Snippet:
> http://example:8080/axis2/axis2-admin/engagingglobally?submit=%2bEngage
> 2b&modules=<script>document.cookie="JSESSIONID=C958373831119190D2DC7838BA177980.tomcat1;
>
> Path=/axis2";document.location="http://example:8080/axis2/axis2-admin/";</script>
> The above code when run on the victim's browser, fixates the session cookie
> sent by the attacker to it.
> To protect against session fixation, the HTTP session must be invalidated and
> recreated on login, giving the user a new session id.
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