CVE-2015-8124 json
Symfony Session Fixation Vulnerability
published 2015-12-07 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-j5jh-hpr4-h332 , EUVD-2022-4284
- cvss
- 3.1
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.7%
- EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Session fixation vulnerability in the "Remember Me" login feature in Symfony 2.3.x before 2.3.35, 2.6.x before 2.6.12, and 2.7.x before 2.7.7 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via a session id.
Patch / fix
- packagist symfony/symfony 2.3.35, 2.6.12, 2.7.7
- packagist symfony/security-http 2.6.12, 2.7.7
- packagist symfony/security 2.3.35, 2.6.12, 2.7.7
- symfony Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.7.7+dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8124
- github.com/symfony/symfony#16631 pull request
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8124 updated cvss 5.8
php-symfony: Session fixation and remote timing attack vulnerabilities
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| packagist | symfony/symfony | >=2.3.0, <2.3.35 >=2.4.0, <2.6.12 >=2.7.0, <2.7.7 |
2.3.35 2.6.12 2.7.7 |
| packagist | symfony/security-http | >=2.4.0, <2.6.12 >=2.7.0, <2.7.7 |
2.6.12 2.7.7 |
| packagist | symfony/security | >=2.3.0, <2.3.35 >=2.4.0, <2.6.12 >=2.7.0, <2.7.7 |
2.3.35 2.6.12 2.7.7 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-384 Session Fixation
References
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github.com
/symfony/symfony/pull/16631
web
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173271.html
vendor-advisory, web
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173300.html
vendor-advisory, web
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debian.org
/security/2015/dsa-3402
vendor-advisory, web
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symfony.com
/blog/cve-2015-8124-session-fixation-in-the-remember-me-login-feature
web, vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/537183/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
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securityfocus.com
/bid/77694
vdb-entry
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seclists.org
/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/89
mailing-list, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8124
advisory
-
github.com
/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/security-http/CVE-2015-8124.yaml
web
-
github.com
/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/security/CVE-2015-8124.yaml
web
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github.com
/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2015-8124.yaml
web
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symfony.com
/cve-2015-8124
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20201209020014/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537183/100/0/threaded
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20210125123853/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77694
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-8124
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j5jh-hpr4-h332
- NVD CVE-2015-8124
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