This report is ridiculous and quite frankly shows that the author does not understand how IPB works.
Yes, the author is correct in finding that if you: copy the user's IP address, copy the user's user-agent and copy the user's session ID then they can "hijack" your session.
That's because, to all intents and purposes you are the same person.
A stateless HTTP application HAS to authenticate against SOMETHING.
This report is bogus. Feel free to relabel it "Stateless HTTP authentication potential vulnerability" and remove it from Invision Power Board's category.
Yes, the author is correct in finding that if you: copy the user's IP address, copy the user's user-agent and copy the user's session ID then they can "hijack" your session.
That's because, to all intents and purposes you are the same person.
A stateless HTTP application HAS to authenticate against SOMETHING.
This report is bogus. Feel free to relabel it "Stateless HTTP authentication potential vulnerability" and remove it from Invision Power Board's category.
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