# CVE-2014-2391: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain password pattern information by reading logs or browser history containing sensitive strings from the password recovery service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gp48-6mgh-cg4v

## What is CVE-2014-2391?

CVE-2014-2391 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite, published on 17 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The password recovery service in Open-Xchange AppSuite before 7.2.2-rev20, 7.4.1 before 7.4.1-rev11, and 7.4.2 before 7.4.2-rev13 makes an improper decision about the sensitivity of a string representing a previously used but currently invalid password, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially useful password-pattern information by reading (1) a web-server access log, (2) a web-server Referer log, or (3) browser history that contains this string because of its presence in a GET request.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2391?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-2391?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2391 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-2391 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite

- [CVE-2017-13667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13667/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-12645](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12645/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-7158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7158/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-17060](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17060/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-5210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5210/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-2391 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-2391 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite, published on 17 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2391/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2391/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2391
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2391
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-2391

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2391/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.