Name: CVE-2014-2875: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-2875, CWE-307, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.01631

The session.lua library in CGILua 5.2 alpha 1 and 5.2 alpha 2 uses weak session IDs generated based on OS time, which allows remote attackers to hijack arbitrary sessions via a brute force attack. NOTE: CVE-2014-10399 and CVE-2014-10400 were SPLIT from this ID.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Feb 6, 2020

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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