{"id":"CVE-2020-5205","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-5205","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:19:13.433Z","title":"Cookie store, which is used in most Phoenix apps, doesn't have this vulnerability.","description":"In Pow (Hex package) before 1.0.16, the use of Plug.Session in Pow.Plug.Session is susceptible to session fixation attacks if a persistent session store is used for Plug.Session, such as Redis or a database. Cookie store, which is used in most Phoenix apps, doesn't have this vulnerability.","published":"2020-01-09T02:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:21:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-384"],"affected":["powauth/pow"],"epss":{"score":0.0077,"percentile":0.55371,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1016-2020-01-07","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474f","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvw","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1016-2020-01-07","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474f","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvw","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5205","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}