CVE-2022-33927
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 · uneditedDell Wyse Management Suite 3.6.1 and below contains a Session Fixation vulnerability. A unauthenticated attacker could exploit this by taking advantage of a user with multiple active sessions in order to hijack a user's session.
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 confidenceDell Wyse Management Suite 3.6.1 and below contains a Session Fixation vulnerability where an unauthenticated attacker can set or obtain a user's session ID before authentication, then trick the user into authenticating with that pre-established session ID, allowing the attacker to hijack the user's session.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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< 3.8.0CVSS 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
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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 the installed Dell Wyse Management Suite versionLocate the version number of the installed Dell Wyse Management Suite instance through the admin console, installation files, or system information. This is typically found in the About or System Info section of the management interface, or in the installed software listing on the server.Affected if The installed version is lower than 3.8.0 (for example, 3.6.1, 3.5.x, or earlier releases)
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Verify session ID regeneration after authenticationExamine the session management behavior during login. Attempt to establish a session ID before authenticating, then authenticate and check whether a new session ID is generated. Inspect session cookies or tokens before and after a successful login attempt.Affected if The session ID remains the same before and after authentication (session fixation is possible)
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Inspect session configuration for pre-authentication session handlingReview the application's session configuration files or settings that control how session IDs are handled during the authentication process. Check whether the application accepts or validates session IDs established prior to the login sequence.Affected if The application accepts and uses pre-existing session IDs for authenticated sessions without regenerating them
You are affected if your installed Dell Wyse Management Suite version is below 3.8.0 AND the application does not regenerate session IDs upon successful 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.
dbcve · scoped3.8.0
Regenerate session IDs upon successful authentication and invalidate any pre-existing session IDs. Consider upgrading to a patched version if available and implementing additional session timeout and binding controls.
Wyse Management Suite 3.8.0
- Upgrade Wyse Management Suite to version 3.8.0 or later
- After upgrading, verify that all sessions are invalidated and users must re-authenticate
- Confirm the session fixation vulnerability is resolved by testing that new sessions generate fresh session IDs after authentication
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-33927 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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