Information disclosure in Open-Xchange Appsuite

CVE-2016-4027

An issue was discovered in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7.8.1-rev10. App Suite frontend offers to control whether a user wants to store cookies that exceed the session duration. This functionality is useful when logging in from clients with reduced privileges or shared environments. However the setting was incorrectly recognized and cookies were stored regardless of this setting when the login was performed using a non-interactive login method. In case the setting was enforced by middleware configuration or the user went through the interactive login page, the workflow was correct. Cookies with authentication information may become available to other users on shared environments. In case the user did not properly log out from the session, third parties with access to the same client can access a user's account.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.011 (61.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4027?
CVE-2016-4027 is a low-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Appsuite, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2016-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-4027?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.