CWE-784: Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking in a Security Decision
ID
CWE-784
Abstraction
Variant
Structure
Simple
Status
Draft
Number of CVEs
3
The product uses a protection mechanism that relies on the existence or values of a cookie, but it does not properly ensure that the cookie is valid for the associated user.
Attackers can easily modify cookies, within the browser or by implementing the client-side code outside of the browser. Attackers can bypass protection mechanisms such as authorization and authentication by modifying the cookie to contain an expected value.
Modes of Introduction
| Phase | Note |
|---|---|
| Implementation |
Applicable Platforms
| Type | Class | Name | Prevalence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Not Language-Specific | ||
| Technology | Web Based |
Relationships
| View | Weakness | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # ID | View | Status | # ID | Name | Abstraction | Structure | Status | |
| CWE-1000 | Research Concepts | Draft | CWE-807 | Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision | Base | Simple | Incomplete | |
| CWE-1000 | Research Concepts | Draft | CWE-565 | Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking | Base | Simple | Incomplete | |
CVEs Published
CVSS Severity
CVSS Severity - By Year
CVSS Base Score
| # CVE | Description | CVSS | EPSS | EPSS Trend (30 days) | Affected Products | Weaknesses | Security Advisories | Exploits | PoC | Pubblication Date | Modification Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # CVE | Description | CVSS | EPSS | EPSS Trend (30 days) | Affected Products | Weaknesses | Security Advisories | PoC | Pubblication Date | Modification Date |
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