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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2024-33669

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Passbolt Browser Extension versions prior to 4.6.2-rc.0. It can send multiple requests to HaveIBeenPwned while a password is being typed, which results in an information leak. This allows an attacker capable of observing Passbolt's HTTPS queries to the Pwned Password API to more easily brute force passwords that the user manually types.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published