Description
Volto is a ReactJS-based frontend for the Plone Content Management System. Between versions 14.0.0-alpha.5 and 15.0.0-alpha.0, a user could have their authentication cookie replaced with an authentication cookie from another user, effectively giving them control of the other user's account and privileges. This occurs when using an outdated version of the `react-cookie` library and a server is under high load. A proof of concept does not currently exist, but it is possible for this issue to occur in the wild. The patch and fix is present in Volto 15.0.0-alpha.0. As a workaround, one may manually upgrade the `react-cookie` package to 4.1.1 and then override all Volto components that use this library.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/plone/volto/security/advisories/GHSA-cfhh-xgwq-5r67
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/plone/volto/pull/3051
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0057
EPSS Percentile
42.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (4)
plone/volto
14.0.0 (39 CPE variants)
plone/volto
15.0.0 alpha0
plone/volto
14.0.0-alpha.6 - 15.0.0-alpha.0npm
plone/volto
14.1.0 - 14.10.0
Published
Mar 14, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026