Session Fixation in chatwoot/chatwoot
Priority LOW 31CWE-384Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-384.
Summary
A Session Fixation vulnerability exists in chatwoot/chatwoot versions prior to 2.4.0. The application does not invalidate existing sessions on other devices when a user changes their password, allowing old sessions to persist. This can lead to unauthorized access if an attacker has obtained a session token.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00209 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed chatwoot/chatwoot (chatwoot): 2.4.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA chatwoot/chatwoot (chatwoot) Fixed in 2.4.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3740
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7c75-4mxr-f248
References
More Chatwoot vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03436 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in chatwoot/chatwoot CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-01984 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in chatwoot/chatwoot CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-11229 chatwoot Admin IframeLoader.vue cross site scripting CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-00591 Stored XSS in chatwoot/chatwoot CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2025-15587 Chatwoot has a Blind SQL-injection in Conversation and Contacts filters CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-02675 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in chatwoot/chatwoot CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-3740 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-3740 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7c75-4mxr-f248 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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