Information disclosure in Apache Fineract



Published: 2020-10-15
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-20243
CWE-ID CWE-200
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Fineract
Web applications / CRM systems

Vendor Apache Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU47649

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20243

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to application passed user credentials during authentication via HTTP GET request. A remote attacker can obtain victim's password in clear text via Referer HTTP header or via web server/proxy logs.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Fineract: 1.0.0 - 1.3.0

External links

http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r040d46835aff3c192656b549ca82f62d87fb044ef9a9dd49408b49b4%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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