Headline
GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r: OMERO.web displays unecessary user information when requesting password reset
Background
If an error occurred when resetting a user’s password using the Forgot Password option in OMERO.web, the error message displayed on the Web page can disclose information about the user.
Impact
OMERO.web versions before 5.29.1.
Patches
User should upgrade to 5.29.2 or higher.
Workarounds
Disable the Forgot password option in OMERO.web using the omero.web.show_forgot_password configuration property[1].
Open an issue in omero-web Email us at security@openmicroscopy.org
https://omero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/sysadmins/config.html#omero.web.show_forgot_password ↩
Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.