CWE-301 (Reflection Attack in an Authentication Protocol) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
Simple authentication protocols are subject to reflection attacks if a malicious user can use the target machine to impersonate a trusted user.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | — | Not Language-Specific | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-9497 | 2019-04-17 | The implementations of EAP-PWD in hostapd EAP Server and wpa_supplicant EAP Peer do not validate the scalar and element values in EAP-pwd-Commit. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to complete E… |
| Date | Name | Version | Importance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | Eric Dalci | 1.0 | — | updated Time_of_Introduction |
| 2008-09-08 | CWE Content Team | 1.0 | — | updated Common_Consequences, Description, Maintenance_Notes, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2011-06-01 | CWE Content Team | 1.13 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2012-05-11 | CWE Content Team | 2.2 | — | updated Observed_Examples, References, Relationships |
| 2014-07-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.8 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2017-11-08 | CWE Content Team | 3.0 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples, Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships |
| 2020-02-24 | CWE Content Team | 4.0 | — | updated References, Relationships |
| 2021-03-15 | CWE Content Team | 4.4 | — | updated Description, Other_Notes |
| 2022-10-13 | CWE Content Team | 4.9 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-01-31 | CWE Content Team | 4.10 | — | updated Type |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2025-12-11 | CWE Content Team | 4.19 | — | updated Weakness_Ordinalities |
| 2026-04-30 | CWE Content Team | 4.20 | — | updated Observed_Examples |