CVE-2025-24783

Apache Cocoon: continuations may not be private

Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) vulnerability in Apache Cocoon. This issue affects Apache Cocoon: all versions. When a continuation is created, it gets a random identifier. Because the random number generator used to generate these identifiers was seeded with the startup time, it may not have been sufficiently unpredictable, and an attacker could use this to guess continuation ids and look up continuations they should not have had access to. As a mitigation, you may enable the "session-bound-continuations" option to make sure continuations are not shared across sessions. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Cocoon
Published at:
Updated at:

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-24783?
CVE-2025-24783 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2025-24783?
To fix CVE-2025-24783, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2025-24783 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2025-24783 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2025-24783?
CVE-2025-24783 affects Apache Software Foundation Apache Cocoon.
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