Documentation - V-206400

Title

The web server must generate unique session identifiers that cannot be reliably reproduced.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Communication between a client and the web server is done using the HTTP protocol, but HTTP is a stateless protocol. In order to maintain a connection or session, a web server will generate a session identifier (ID) for each client session when the session is initiated. The session ID allows the web server to track a user session and, in many cases, the user, if the user previously logged into a hosted application. By being able to guess session IDs, an attacker can easily perfo...

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Configure the web server to generate random and unique session identifiers that cannot be reliably reproduced.