Medium severity · published Jul 25, 2024
CVE-2024-41801
OpenProject is open source project management software
6.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenProject is open source project management software. Prior to version 14.3.0, using a forged HOST header in the default configuration of packaged installations and using the "Login required" setting, an attacker could redirect to a remote host to initiate a phishing attack against an OpenProject user's account. This vulnerability affects default packaged installation of OpenProject without any additional configuration or modules on Apache (such as mod_security, manually setting a host name, having a fallthrough VirtualHost). It might also affect other installations that did not take care to fix the HOST/X-Forwarded-Host headers. Version 14.3.0 includes stronger protections for the hostname from within the application using the HostAuthorization middleware of Rails to reject any requests with a host name that does not match the configured one. Also, all generated links by the application are now ensured to use the built-in hostname. Users who aren't able to upgrade immediately may use mod_security for Apache2 or manually fix the Host and X-Forwarded-Host headers in their proxying application before reaching the application server of OpenProject. Alternatively, they can manually apply the patch to opt-in to host header protections in previous versions of OpenProject.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openproject · Openproject
before 14.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41801
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41801
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/opf/openproject/security/advisories/GHSA-g92v-vrq6-4fpw
Patch
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/16371759/host-protection.patch
Release Notes
https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/14-3-0
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