CVE-2023-40174 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-40174

Insufficient Session Expiration in fobybus/social-media-skeleton

Vulnerability Description

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. Insufficient session expiration is a web application security vulnerability that occurs when a web application does not properly manage the lifecycle of a user's session. Social media skeleton releases prior to 1.0.5 did not properly limit manage user session lifecycles. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

social-media-skeleton
Vulnerable Versions:
< 1.0.5

Timeline

Official Publish: August 18th, 2023
Last Modified: October 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-613

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie
Credential Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1550 Use Alternate Authentication Material
Defense Evasion
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion