What is CWE-613?
According to WASC, "Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization."
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CWE-613: Insufficient Session Expiration
Data statistics
OWASP TOP 10:2025 RANK7 — A07:2025 — Authentication Failures
RELATED CVES (365 DAYS)121
ABSTRACTIONBase
Vulnerabilities mapped to CWE-613
121 vulnerabilities332.1% increase year over year
Vulnerabilities in CISA KEV for CWE-613
0 vulnerabilities
According to WASC, "Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization."
Characteristics
Modes of introduction
- Architecture and Design
- Implementation: REALIZATION: This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic.
Common consequences
| Impact | Scope | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Bypass Protection Mechanism | Access Control | — |
Risk mitigations
- ImplementationSet sessions/credentials expiration date.
Detection methods
| Method | Approach | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|
| Automated Static Analysis | Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.) | High |
Representative vulnerabilities
Below are representative vulnerabilities related to this CWE, prioritized by severity.
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