Vulnerability · Published Dec 16, 2022 · Assigned by microfocus
CVE-2022-38756CVE-2022-38756 vulnerability in GW Web prior to 18.4.2
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity sensitive data in logs in Micro Focus GroupWise Web from Micro Focus. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus GroupWise Web in versions prior to 18.4.2. The GW Web component makes a request to the Post Office Agent that contains sensitive information in the query parameters that could be logged by any intervening HTTP proxies.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Micro Focus | Micro Focus GroupWise Web | unspecified – before 18.4.2 |
Weakness: CWE-532 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000012374?language=en_US
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170768/Micro-Focus-GroupWise-Session-ID-Disclosure.html
- 20230130 Trovent Security Advisory 2203-01 / Micro Focus GroupWise transmits session ID in URL mailing-list
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/28 exploit
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/170768 exploit