CVE-2007-3050
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSession fixation vulnerability in chameleon cms 3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the PHPSESSID parameter.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSession fixation vulnerability in Chameleon CMS 3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the PHPSESSID parameter. The application accepts user-controlled session IDs, enabling attackers to pre-establish a known session ID before victim authentication, then hijack the authenticated session.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 3.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Chameleon CMS installationLocate Chameleon CMS files in the webroot or check for the presence of Chameleon-specific directories and configuration filesAffected if Chameleon CMS is present on the server and the version is 3.0 or lower
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Determine installed versionCheck version information in Chameleon CMS files, typically found in version files, changelogs, or the administrative interfaceAffected if The installed version is 3.0 or any version labeled as 3.0 and earlier
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Test session ID acceptance from URLAttempt to access a Chameleon CMS page with an arbitrary PHPSESSID value appended to the URL (e.g., ?PHPSESSID=attackercontrolled123) and observe if the application accepts and uses this session IDAffected if The application accepts and maintains the user-supplied PHPSESSID without regenerating it
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Verify session behavior after authenticationCreate a test account, set a known PHPSESSID before login, authenticate, then check whether the session ID remains the same or is regeneratedAffected if The session ID remains unchanged after successful authentication (session fixation is possible)
A user is affected if Chameleon CMS version 3.0 or earlier is installed AND the application accepts user-supplied PHPSESSID values without regenerating the session ID upon authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement session ID regeneration upon successful authentication and reject session IDs provided via URL parameters or untrusted sources. Use secure session management practices such as regenerating session IDs and validating session integrity.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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