A penetration tester is conducting an assessment against a web application and has observed that session tokens are not rotated after login. Which type of attack could the penetration tester employ to take advantage of this vulnerability?
A session replay attack occurs when an attacker captures session information, such as cookies or tokens, and reuses it to impersonate a user. For example, if someone logs into a website, the attacker can steal their session data and use it to access the account. This works because the website mistakenly identifies the attacker as the original user. It is similar to someone finding a lost key and using it to unlock a door.
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