Cookie Crumbles: Unveiling Web Session Integrity Vulnerabilities

Security

Discover the vulnerabilities in web session integrity and learn how to implement robust security measures to protect your application from cookie-based attacks.

Key takeaways

Cookies can be vulnerable to session fixation and cross-site request forgery attacks due to legacy design and implementation issues.
The set-cookie attribute is not secure and can be manipulated by an attacker.
Nameless cookies are still supported in modern browsers and can be used to bypass security restrictions.
The path attribute can be used to bypass host prefixes and access cookies from other domains.
The secure attribute is not enough to ensure cookie security, as an attacker can still overwrite the session cookie.
The strict-secure attribute is not implemented consistently across browsers and frameworks.
The synchronizer token pattern is not effective against same-site attackers.
The RFC 6265bis standard does not provide sufficient guidance on cookie security.
Most web frameworks and applications are still vulnerable to cookie-based attacks.
Implementing security measures such as HSTS and HTTPS can help mitigate cookie-based attacks.
Web developers and framework developers need to prioritize cookie security and implement robust security measures to protect against attacks.

Cookie Crumbles: Unveiling Web Session Integrity Vulnerabilities

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