Information disclosure in Fineract - CVE-2018-20243

 

Information disclosure in Fineract - CVE-2018-20243

Published: October 13, 2020 / Updated: October 15, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU47649
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20243
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

Fineract

How to mitigate CVE-2018-20243

Install updates from vendor's website.

Fineract - update to 1.4.0

External References

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