CVE-2024-11627
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a session fixation vulnerability in Progress Sitefinity CMS where session identifiers are not properly invalidated, allowing attackers to hijack user sessions. It affects Sitefinity versions from 4.0 through multiple 15.x branches. Attackers could potentially gain unauthorized access to user accounts.
💻 Affected Systems
- Progress Sitefinity CMS
📦 What is this software?
Sitefinity by Progress
Sitefinity by Progress
Sitefinity by Progress
Sitefinity by Progress
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could hijack administrative sessions, gaining full control over the CMS to modify content, steal data, or deploy malware.
Likely Case
Attackers could hijack user sessions to access sensitive information, perform unauthorized actions, or escalate privileges.
If Mitigated
With proper session management controls, the risk is limited to temporary session hijacking attempts that fail due to proper validation.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires session fixation techniques and may need some user interaction or social engineering.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 14.4.8142, 15.0.8229, 15.1.8327, 15.2.8421
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Download the latest patched version from Progress support portal. 2. Backup your Sitefinity instance and database. 3. Apply the patch following Progress upgrade documentation. 4. Restart the application server and verify functionality.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement custom session management
allAdd custom code to regenerate session IDs upon authentication and implement strict session expiration policies.
Enable additional authentication factors
allImplement MFA for administrative and sensitive user accounts to reduce impact of session hijacking.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall rules to detect and block session fixation attempts
- Monitor for unusual session activity and implement strict session timeout policies
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Sitefinity version in administration panel or web.config file against affected version ranges.Check Version:
Check Sitefinity administration dashboard or examine web.config for version information.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify version is updated beyond affected ranges and test session management by logging in and checking session ID changes.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple session creations from same IP
- Session IDs not changing after authentication
- Unusual session duration patterns
Network Indicators:
- Session fixation attempts in HTTP headers
- Multiple authentication requests with same session ID
SIEM Query:
source="sitefinity-logs" AND (event="session_created" OR event="authentication") | stats count by session_id, src_ip