CWE-6 Variante Incomplet

J2EE Misconfiguration: Insufficient Session-ID Length

This vulnerability occurs when a J2EE application uses session identifiers that are too short, making them easier for attackers to predict or capture.

Définition

What is CWE-6?

This vulnerability occurs when a J2EE application uses session identifiers that are too short, making them easier for attackers to predict or capture.
Session IDs that are too short drastically reduce the number of possible combinations, making them vulnerable to brute-force guessing or enumeration attacks. When an attacker successfully guesses or steals a valid session ID, they can impersonate the legitimate user and hijack their active session, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data or privileged functions. To prevent this, developers must ensure session IDs are generated with sufficient length and entropy, typically using a secure random number generator. Longer session IDs exponentially increase the possible values, making them computationally infeasible to guess and significantly raising the security barrier against session hijacking attempts.
Impact réel

Real-world CVEs caused by CWE-6

Aucune référence CVE publique n'est liée à ce CWE dans le catalogue MITRE pour le moment.

Comment les attaquants l'exploitent

Parcours de l'attaquant étape par étape

  1. 1

    The following XML example code is a deployment descriptor for a Java web application deployed on a Sun Java Application Server. This deployment descriptor includes a session configuration property for configuring the session ID length.

  2. 2

    This deployment descriptor has set the session ID length for this Java web application to 8 bytes (or 64 bits). The session ID length for Java web applications should be set to 16 bytes (128 bits) to prevent attackers from guessing and/or stealing a session ID and taking over a user's session.

  3. 3

    Note for most application servers including the Sun Java Application Server the session ID length is by default set to 128 bits and should not be changed. And for many application servers the session ID length cannot be changed from this default setting. Check your application server documentation for the session ID length default setting and configuration options to ensure that the session ID length is set to 128 bits.

Exemple de code vulnérable

Vulnerable XML

The following XML example code is a deployment descriptor for a Java web application deployed on a Sun Java Application Server. This deployment descriptor includes a session configuration property for configuring the session ID length.

Vulnérable XML
<sun-web-app>
  		...
  		<session-config>
  				<session-properties>
  					<property name="idLengthBytes" value="8">
  						<description>The number of bytes in this web module's session ID.</description>
  					</property>
  				</session-properties>
  		</session-config>
  		...
  </sun-web-app>
Exemple de code sécurisé

Secure pseudo

Sécurisé pseudo
// Validate, sanitize, or use a safe API before reaching the sink.
function handleRequest(input) {
  const safe = validateAndEscape(input);
  return executeWithGuards(safe);
}
What changed: the unsafe sink is replaced (or the input is validated/escaped) so the same payload no longer triggers the weakness.
Liste de contrôle de prévention

How to prevent CWE-6

  • Implementation Session identifiers should be at least 128 bits long to prevent brute-force session guessing. A shorter session identifier leaves the application open to brute-force session guessing attacks.
  • Implementation A lower bound on the number of valid session identifiers that are available to be guessed is the number of users that are active on a site at any given moment. However, any users that abandon their sessions without logging out will increase this number. (This is one of many good reasons to have a short inactive session timeout.) With a 64 bit session identifier, assume 32 bits of entropy. For a large web site, assume that the attacker can try 1,000 guesses per second and that there are 10,000 valid session identifiers at any given moment. Given these assumptions, the expected time for an attacker to successfully guess a valid session identifier is less than 4 minutes. Now assume a 128 bit session identifier that provides 64 bits of entropy. With a very large web site, an attacker might try 10,000 guesses per second with 100,000 valid session identifiers available to be guessed. Given these assumptions, the expected time for an attacker to successfully guess a valid session identifier is greater than 292 years.
Signaux de détection

How to detect CWE-6

SAST High

Exécuter une analyse statique (SAST) sur le code source à la recherche du motif non sécurisé dans le flux de données.

DAST Moderate

Exécuter des tests de sécurité applicative dynamique (DAST) contre le point de terminaison en ligne.

Runtime Moderate

Surveiller les journaux runtime pour détecter des traces d'exception inhabituelles, des entrées malformées ou des tentatives de contournement d'autorisation.

Code review Moderate

Revue de code : signaler tout nouveau code qui traite les entrées de cette surface sans utiliser les helpers du framework validés.

Correction automatique Plexicus

Plexicus détecte automatiquement CWE-6 et ouvre une PR de correction en moins de 60 secondes.

Codex Remedium analyse chaque commit, identifie cette faiblesse précise et livre une pull request prête à être relue avec le correctif. Pas de tickets. Pas de transferts.

Questions fréquentes

Frequently asked questions

Qu'est-ce que CWE-6 ?

This vulnerability occurs when a J2EE application uses session identifiers that are too short, making them easier for attackers to predict or capture.

Quelle est la gravité de CWE-6 ?

MITRE n'a pas publié de note de probabilité d'exploitation pour cette faiblesse. Traitez-la comme un impact moyen jusqu'à ce que votre modèle de menace prouve le contraire.

Quels langages ou plateformes sont affectés par CWE-6 ?

MITRE lists the following affected platforms: Java.

Comment puis-je prévenir CWE-6 ?

Session identifiers should be at least 128 bits long to prevent brute-force session guessing. A shorter session identifier leaves the application open to brute-force session guessing attacks. A lower bound on the number of valid session identifiers that are available to be guessed is the number of users that are active on a site at any given moment. However, any users that abandon their sessions without logging out will increase this number. (This is one of many good reasons to have a short…

Comment Plexicus détecte et corrige CWE-6 ?

Le moteur SAST de Plexicus reconnaît la signature de flux de données de CWE-6 à chaque commit. Lorsqu'une correspondance est trouvée, notre agent Codex Remedium ouvre une PR de correction avec le code corrigé, les tests et un résumé d'une ligne pour le relecteur.

Où puis-je en savoir plus sur CWE-6 ?

MITRE publie la définition canonique à https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/6.html. Vous pouvez également consulter la documentation OWASP et NIST pour des conseils adjacents.

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