Description
mod_auth_mellon before 0.13.1 is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Session Transfer attack, where a user with access to one web site running on a server can copy their session cookie to a different web site on the same server to get access to that site.
Published: 2017-03-13
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15861 mod_auth_mellon before 0.13.1 is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Session Transfer attack, where a user with access to one web site running on a server can copy their session cookie to a different web site on the same server to get access to that site.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4597-1 mod_auth_mellon vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00361}

epss

{'score': 0.00363}


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Uninett Mod Auth Mellon
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:41:17.546Z

Reserved: 2017-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6807

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-13T14:59:00.177

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6807

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-03-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6807 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses