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CVE-2014-0090: Foreman before 1.4.2 allows session hijacking

CVE-2014-0090 · published 12 years ago

Summary

The Foreman web interface (versions prior to 1.4.2) can be tricked into accepting a chosen session identifier. An attacker who can set that identifier can take over a user's logged‑in session and act as that user. Update Foreman to version 1.4.2 or later to stop this risk.

What to do

The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
theforeman	foreman	<= 1.4.1 1.0 1.1 1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.4.0 `cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:foreman::::::::`

Original advisory text

Session fixation vulnerability in Foreman before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session id cookie.

References

Fix within

Internet-facing 60 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)

Severity

6.8 Medium

Exploitation

1% chance of attack within 30 days

Type

CWE-287Improper Authentication

Timeline

Published8 May 2014

Updated4 Nov 2026

First seen29 Sep 2026

Sources

CVE-2014-0090 · NVD

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