Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-784

Allowed

Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking in a Security Decision

Abstraction: Variant · Status: Draft

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.

11 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-X23H-WHFF-JXQ7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-15 03:30 – Updated: 2024-10-15 03:30
VLAI
Details

The WP 2FA with Telegram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Two-Factor Authentication Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.0. This is due to the two-factor code being stored in a cookie, which makes it possible to bypass two-factor authentication.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-9820"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-565",
      "CWE-784"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-10-15T02:15:03Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The WP 2FA with Telegram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Two-Factor Authentication Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.0. This is due to the two-factor code being stored in a cookie, which makes it possible to bypass two-factor authentication.",
  "id": "GHSA-x23h-whff-jxq7",
  "modified": "2024-10-15T03:30:42Z",
  "published": "2024-10-15T03:30:42Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9820"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/two-factor-login-telegram/tags/3.0/includes/class-wp-factor-telegram-plugin.php#L228"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ccd73030-7185-4302-b3fd-29cbbe716e3e?source=cve"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Avoid using cookie data for a security-related decision.

Mitigation
Implementation

Perform thorough input validation (i.e.: server side validation) on the cookie data if you're going to use it for a security related decision.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Add integrity checks to detect tampering.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Protect critical cookies from replay attacks, since cross-site scripting or other attacks may allow attackers to steal a strongly-encrypted cookie that also passes integrity checks. This mitigation applies to cookies that should only be valid during a single transaction or session. By enforcing timeouts, you may limit the scope of an attack. As part of your integrity check, use an unpredictable, server-side value that is not exposed to the client.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.