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GHSA-664M-3R2M-MXPX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-17 00:30 – Updated: 2025-04-18 15:31

Details

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.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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  "modified": "2025-04-18T15:31:30Z",
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CVE-2022-38756 (GCVE-0-2022-38756)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-18 13:22

Summary

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE

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.

Assigner

microfocus

References

URL

Tags

	https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM0000123…
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170768/Micro…
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/28	mailing-list

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Micro Focus	Micro Focus GroupWise Web	Affected: unspecified , < 18.4.2 (custom)

Credits

Micro Focus would like to thank Stefan Pietsch from Trovent Security GmbH for their work discovering and reporting this vulnerability.

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-664M-3R2M-MXPX

CVE-2022-38756 (GCVE-0-2022-38756)

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