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ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Persistent Authentication
Abstract
Persistent authentication tickets leave users vulnerable to session hijacking.
Explanation
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Allowing persistent authentication tickets to survive for a long period of time leaves users and the system vulnerable in the following ways:
It expands the period of exposure to session hijacking attacks for users who fail to log out.
It increases the average number of valid session identifiers available for an attacker to guess.
It lengthens the duration of exploit when an attacker succeeds in hijacking a user's session.
FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage() method issues an authentication ticket, which allows users to remain authenticated for a specified period of time. When the method is invoked with the second argument false, it issues a temporary authentication ticket that remains valid for a period of time configured in web.config. When invoked with the second argument true, the method issues a persistent authentication ticket. On .NET 2.0, the lifetime of the persistent ticket respects the value in web.config, but on .NET 1.1, the persistent authentication ticket has a ridiculously long default lifetime -- fifty years.Allowing persistent authentication tickets to survive for a long period of time leaves users and the system vulnerable in the following ways:
It expands the period of exposure to session hijacking attacks for users who fail to log out.
It increases the average number of valid session identifiers available for an attacker to guess.
It lengthens the duration of exploit when an attacker succeeds in hijacking a user's session.
References
[1] Jeff Prosise The Keep Sites Running Smoothly By Avoiding These 10 Common ASP.NET Pitfalls MSDN Magazine
[2] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration CWE ID 302
[3] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2019 [13] CWE ID 287
[4] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2020 [14] CWE ID 287
[5] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2021 [14] CWE ID 287
[6] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2022 [14] CWE ID 287
[7] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2023 [13] CWE ID 287
[8] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2024 [14] CWE ID 287
[9] Standards Mapping - DISA Control Correlation Identifier Version 2 CCI-001185, CCI-001941, CCI-001942
[10] Standards Mapping - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Access Violation
[11] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) (P1), IA-11 Re-Authentication (P0), SC-23 Session Authenticity (P1)
[12] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users), SC-23 Session Authenticity
[13] Standards Mapping - OWASP API 2023 API8 Security Misconfiguration
[14] Standards Mapping - OWASP Application Security Verification Standard 4.0 2.7.1 Out of Band Verifier Requirements (L1 L2 L3), 2.7.2 Out of Band Verifier Requirements (L1 L2 L3), 2.7.3 Out of Band Verifier Requirements (L1 L2 L3), 2.8.4 Single or Multi Factor One Time Verifier Requirements (L2 L3), 2.8.5 Single or Multi Factor One Time Verifier Requirements (L2 L3), 2.10.1 Service Authentication Requirements (L2 L3), 3.7.1 Defenses Against Session Management Exploits (L1 L2 L3), 9.2.3 Server Communications Security Requirements (L2 L3)
[15] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2014 M9 Improper Session Handling
[16] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2024 M8 Security Misconfiguration
[17] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2004 A3 Broken Authentication and Session Management
[18] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2007 A7 Broken Authentication and Session Management
[19] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2010 A3 Broken Authentication and Session Management
[20] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2013 A2 Broken Authentication and Session Management
[21] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2017 A2 Broken Authentication
[22] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2021 A07 Identification and Authentication Failures
[23] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.1 Requirement 6.5.3
[24] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.2 Requirement 6.5.7
[25] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 2.0 Requirement 6.5.8
[26] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.0 Requirement 6.5.10
[27] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.1 Requirement 6.5.10
[28] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2 Requirement 6.5.10
[29] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2.1 Requirement 6.5.10
[30] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0 Requirement 6.2.4
[31] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0.1 Requirement 6.2.4
[32] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.0 Control Objective 4.2 - Critical Asset Protection
[33] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.1 Control Objective 4.2 - Critical Asset Protection
[34] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.2 Control Objective 4.2 - Critical Asset Protection
[35] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.1 APP3405 CAT I
[36] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.4 APP3405 CAT I
[37] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.5 APP3405 CAT I
[38] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.6 APP3405 CAT I
[39] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.7 APP3405 CAT I
[40] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.9 APP3405 CAT I
[41] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.10 APP3405 CAT I
[42] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.2 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[43] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.3 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[44] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.4 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[45] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.5 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[46] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.6 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[47] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.7 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[48] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.8 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[49] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.9 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[50] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.10 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[51] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.11 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[52] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.1 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[53] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.1 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[54] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.2 APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[55] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.3 APSC-DV-001530 CAT II, APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[56] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 6.1 APSC-DV-001530 CAT II, APSC-DV-001620 CAT II, APSC-DV-001630 CAT II, APSC-DV-002240 CAT I
[57] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium Version 2.00 Insufficient Authentication (WASC-01)
[58] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium 24 + 2 Insufficient Authentication
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