CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-2156

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Netty versions before 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.x before 3.10.3.Final, 4.0.x before 4.0.28.Final, and 4.1.x before 4.1.0.Beta5, as well as Play Framework 2.x before 2.3.9 may allow remote attackers to bypass the httpOnly flag on cookies, enabling the retrieval of sensitive information due to improper validation of cookie name and value characters.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to the theft of sensitive user data, potentially leading to serious privacy and security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Netty and Play Framework to the latest versions to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures for cookies.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Netty before 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.x before 3.10.3.Final, 4.0.x before 4.0.28.Final, and 4.1.x before 4.1.0.Beta5 and Play Framework 2.x before 2.3.9 might allow remote attackers to bypass the httpOnly flag on cookies and obtain sensitive information by leveraging improper validation of cookie name and value characters.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS