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Coursera · Report #152080

Broken authentication and session management flaw

Validstatus
15upvotes
18 Aug 2016disclosed

How it was found

In this Loop Hole The Application does not destroy session after logout.. means the cookies are working to login to user account & change account Information, The Cookies are usable after many hours of logout about after 1 day i'm able to access the account & edit info.

Steps To Reproduce This Issue:

1: go to coursera.org

  1. Login to your account.......

  2. Get the cookies using " Brub Suite" or "EditThisCookie"

4: Logout from the account...

5: Clear all the cookies related to coursera.org

6: Save the cookies you copied in a text file...

7: Now Injact/Import Old Cookies to the coursera.org by "EditThisCookie"...

8: as u can see.. you will be again logged In to coursera.org account.. using old session cookies..

For More Information about This Vulnerability You can check OWASP Guide

https://www.owasp.org/index.php?title=Broken_Authentication_and_Session_Management&setlang=en

Thanks, khizer Javed

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