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CVE-2020-5205

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-5205 describes a session fixation vulnerability in Pow (Hex package) versions prior to 1.0.16, specifically impacting implementations using persistent session stores like Redis or databases with Plug.Session. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powauth:pow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0077 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

erlangpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: powFixed in: 1.0.16
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

erlangGHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvwmedium

Session fixation

Apr 12, 2022

References

github.com / danschultzer/pow/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Third Party Advisory
github.com / danschultzer/pow/commit/578ffd3d8bb8e8a26077b644222186b108da474f
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / danschultzer/pow/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wf-c3j6-wpvw
Third Party Advisory