CWE-1462 Details

CWE-1462

Improper Session Management
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
Incomplete
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Name: Improper Session Management

The product does not properly manage user-related sessions such as setting appropriate configurations and settings for sessions on creation and handling sessions throughout their lifetime.

Allgemeine Informationen

Einführungsmodi

Architecture and Design
Implementation

Anwendbare Plattformen

Sprache

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Betriebssysteme

Class: Not OS-Specific (Undetermined)

Architekturen

Class: Not Architecture-Specific (Undetermined)

Technologien

Class: Client Server (Undetermined)
Class: Web Based (Undetermined)

Beobachtete Beispiele

Referenzen Beschreibung

CVE-2020-6291

No absolute session expiration

CVE-2021-38869

Session was not invalidated after inactivity

CVE-2019-12421

Chain: log out invalidated the session on the client side (CWE-602), but not the server side (CWE-1464)

Mögliche Gegenmaßnahmen

Phases : Architecture and Design // Implementation // Operation
Very carefully manage user authenticated sessions. Ensure that appropriate timeouts, invalidation procedures, and protections are established.

Hinweise zur Schwachstellen-Zuordnung

Begründung : This CWE Entry is a Class and might have lower-level children that would be more appropriate
Kommentar : Examine children of this entry to see if there is a better fit

Hinweise

This entry was created in CWE 5.0 to address known gaps in CWE coverage. It is not as complete as other new entries that were published in recent years. The CWE Team plans to work with the CWE community to make this entry more complete in later 5.x releases.

Referenzen

REF-1540

Session Management Cheat Sheet
OWASP.
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Session_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html

REF-1561

OWASP Web Security Testing Guide: 4.6 Session Management Testing
OWASP.
https://wstg.owasp.org/v4.2/4-Web_Application_Security_Testing/06-Session_Management_Testing/

Einreichung

Name Organisation Datum Veröffentlichungsdatum Version
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-22 +00:00 2026-10-28 +00:00 5.0