CVE-2020-5205

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-384

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
danschultzer	Pow	< 1.0.16

References

https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1016-2020-01-07Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474fPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvwThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1016-2020-01-07Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474fPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/danschultzer/pow/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvwThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 9, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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