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CommuniGate Pro < 4.0 .1b2 Referer Field Hijacking

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1552

Synopsis

The remote CommuniGate Pro, according to its version number, is vulnerable to a flaw which may allow an attacker access the mailbox of its victims.

Description

The remote CommuniGate Pro, according to its version number, is vulnerable to a flaw which may allow an attacker access the mailbox of its victims. To exploit such a flaw, the attacker needs to send an email to its victim with a link to an image hosted on a rogue server which will store the Referrer field sent by the user user-agent which contains the credentials used to access the victim's mailbox.

Solution

Upgrade to CommuniGate Pro 4.0 .1b2 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1552

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 11567

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:stalker:communigate_pro

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1481

BID: 7501