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Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-539

Use of Persistent Cookies Containing Sensitive Information

Category: VariantCVE: 7
Description

The web application uses persistent cookies, but the cookies contain sensitive information.

Extended Description

Cookies are small bits of data that are sent by the web application but stored locally in the browser. This lets the application use the cookie to pass information between pages and store variable information. The web application controls what information is stored in a cookie and how it is used. Typical types of information stored in cookies are session identifiers, personalization and customization information, and in rare cases even usernames to enable automated logins. There are two different types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies just live in the browser's memory and are not stored anywhere, but persistent cookies are stored on the browser's hard drive. This can cause security and privacy issues depending on the information stored in the cookie and how it is accessed.

CVE vulnerabilities with CWE-539 (7)
9.1
CVSS
CRITICAL
CVE-2025-27673

Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) before Virtual Appliance Host 22.0.843 Application 20.0.1923 allows Cookie Returned in Response Body OVE-20230524-0017.

pub. 2025-03-05
8.5
CVSS
HIGH
CVE-2024-39275

Cookies of authenticated Advantech ADAM-5630 users remain as active valid cookies when a session is closed. Forging requests with a legitimate cookie, even if the session was terminated, allows an unauthorized attacker to act with the same level of privileges of the legitimate user.

pub. 2024-09-27
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
CVE-2023-30861

Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework. When all of the following conditions are met, a response containing data intended for one client may be cached and subsequently sent by the proxy to other clients. If the proxy also caches `Set-Cookie` headers, it may send one client's `session` cookie to other clients. The severity depends on the application's use of the session and the proxy's behavior regarding cookies. The risk depends on all these conditions being met. 1. The application must be hosted behind a caching proxy that does not strip cookies or ignore responses with cookies. 2. The application sets `session.permanent = True` 3. The application does not access or modify the session at any point during a request. 4. `SESSION_REFRESH_EACH_REQUEST` enabled (the default). 5. The application does not set a `Cache-Control` header to indicate that a page is private or should not be cached. This happens because vulnerable versions of Flask only set the `Vary: Cookie` header when the session is accessed or modified, not when it is refreshed (re-sent to update the expiration) without being accessed or modified. This issue has been fixed in versions 2.3.2 and 2.2.5.

pub. 2023-05-02
5.3
CVSS
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-27463

A vulnerability has been found in multiple revisions of Emerson Rosemount X-STREAM Gas Analyzer. The affected applications utilize persistent cookies where the session cookie attribute is not properly invalidated, allowing an attacker to intercept the cookies and gain access to sensitive information.

pub. 2021-05-20
4.2
CVSS
MEDIUM
CVE-2026-24318

Due to an Insecure session management vulnerability in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, an unauthenticated attacker could obtain valid session tokens and reuse them to gain unauthorized access to a victim�s session. If the application continues to accept previously issued tokens after authentication, the attacker could assume the victim�s authenticated context. This could allow the attacker to access or modify information within the victim�s session scope, impacting confidentiality and integrity, while availability remains unaffected.

pub. 2026-04-14
3.1
CVSS
LOW
CVE-2025-52633

HCL AION is affected by a Permanent Cookie Containing Sensitive Session Information vulnerability. It is storing sensitive session data in persistent cookies may increase the risk of unauthorized access if the cookies are intercepted or compromised. This issue affects AION: 2.0.

pub. 2026-02-03
2.3
CVSS
LOW
CVE-2026-35192

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.5 and 5.2 before 5.2.14. Response headers do not vary on cookies if a session is not modified, but `SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST` is `True`. A remote attacker can steal a user's session after that user visits a cached public page. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Cantina for reporting this issue.

pub. 2026-05-05
Information
ID: CWE-539
Type: Variant
Vulnerabilities: 7
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