CVE-2017-5831
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1,...
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1, when setting a new password, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session ID.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1, when setting a new password, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session ID.
- Record
CVE-2017-5831- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-384
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1, when setting a new password, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session ID.
- Record
CVE-2017-5831- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14908 No score
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1, when setting a new password, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session ID.
- Record
EUVD-2017-14908- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7j56-6xxh-fcp2
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1,...
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1, when setting a new password, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session ID.
- Record
GHSA-7j56-6xxh-fcp2- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-384
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism in Revive Adserver before 4.0.1, when setting a new password, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session ID.
- Record
CVE-2017-5831- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-5831 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Revive-adserver Revive Adserver, published March 3, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.