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Remove use of hard coded secret #56
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Description
This pull request fixes a security issue by removing the hard coded cookie secret. This change will instead make the application fetch it from the environment variable
GAMERPOLLS_COOKIE_SECRET.By using a hard coded secret, a would-be attacker could manipulate the cookie data and re-sign it using the same cookie secret - potentially leading to an authentication bypass and privilege escalation.
Vulnerability Classification
CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password
CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data
CVE-ID
CVE-2018-10966
CVSS v3 Score
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS v3 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N