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Session hijacking is yet another [[vulnerability]] in the world wide web. Session hijacking works when an attacker re-uses someone else’s [[HTTP]] or [[PHP]] session when the session has not expired yet, giving the attacker access to the session-based web site as the user that the hijacked session came from. Cookie-based authentication is another flaw in the world wide web. If an attacker is [[sniffing]] a connection between a user and a server, the attacker could hijack and intercept the user’s cookie, impersonating the user and giving the attacker that user’s access to the cookie-based web site. Flaws like this will not currently flag in Cisco [[IDS]].
 
Session hijacking is yet another [[vulnerability]] in the world wide web. Session hijacking works when an attacker re-uses someone else’s [[HTTP]] or [[PHP]] session when the session has not expired yet, giving the attacker access to the session-based web site as the user that the hijacked session came from. Cookie-based authentication is another flaw in the world wide web. If an attacker is [[sniffing]] a connection between a user and a server, the attacker could hijack and intercept the user’s cookie, impersonating the user and giving the attacker that user’s access to the cookie-based web site. Flaws like this will not currently flag in Cisco [[IDS]].
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Revision as of 07:42, 19 May 2012

c3el4.png Maybe some examples of XSS/CSRF for this?

Session hijacking is yet another vulnerability in the world wide web. Session hijacking works when an attacker re-uses someone else’s HTTP or PHP session when the session has not expired yet, giving the attacker access to the session-based web site as the user that the hijacked session came from. Cookie-based authentication is another flaw in the world wide web. If an attacker is sniffing a connection between a user and a server, the attacker could hijack and intercept the user’s cookie, impersonating the user and giving the attacker that user’s access to the cookie-based web site. Flaws like this will not currently flag in Cisco IDS.