GHSA-GPMG-4X4G-MR5R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-13 18:47 – Updated: 2025-08-27 14:29
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Summary
OMERO.web displays unecessary user information when requesting password reset
Details

Background

If an error occurred when resetting a user's password using the Forgot Password option in OMERO.web, the error message displayed on the Web page can disclose information about the user.

Impact

OMERO.web before 5.29.1

Patches

User should upgrade to 5.29.2 or higher

Workarounds

Disable the Forgot password option in OMERO.web using the omero.web.show_forgot_password configuration property^1.

Thanks to Christopher Youd who reported the issue.

Open an issue in omero-web Email us at security@openmicroscopy.org

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 5.29.1"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "omero-web"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.29.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-54791"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-209"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-08-13T18:47:35Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-13T14:15:32Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Background\n\nIf an error occurred when resetting a user\u0027s password using the ``Forgot Password`` option in OMERO.web, the error message displayed on the Web page can disclose information about the user.\n\n### Impact\nOMERO.web before 5.29.1\n\n### Patches\nUser should upgrade to 5.29.2 or higher\n\n### Workarounds\nDisable the ``Forgot password`` option in OMERO.web using the ``omero.web.show_forgot_password`` configuration property[^1].\n\nThanks to Christopher Youd who reported the issue.\n\nOpen an issue in [omero-web](https://github.com/ome/omero-web)\nEmail us at [security@openmicroscopy.org](mailto:security@openmicroscopy.org)\n\n[^1]: https://omero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/sysadmins/config.html#omero.web.show_forgot_password",
  "id": "GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r",
  "modified": "2025-08-27T14:29:25Z",
  "published": "2025-08-13T18:47:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ome/omero-web/security/advisories/GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54791"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ome/omero-web/commit/8aa2789e8f759c73f1517abe9a0abd44e86644ad"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ome/omero-web"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OMERO.web displays unecessary user information when requesting password reset"
}



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