ghsa-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-08-13 18:47
Modified
2025-08-13 18:47
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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 versions 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.

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

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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 versions 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\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": "2025-08-13T18:47:35Z",
  "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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