CVE-2024-41801 OpenProject packaged installation has Open Redirect Vulnerability in Sign-In in default configuration
Attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via forged HOST headers in default OpenProject installations, facilitating phishing attacks.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-41801?
CVE-2024-41801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in opf openproject, published on 25 Jul 2024. 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
OpenProject is open source project management software. Prior to version 14.3.0, using a forged HOST header in the default configuration of packaged installations and using the "Login required" setting, an attacker could redirect to a remote host to initiate a phishing attack against an OpenProject user's account. This vulnerability affects default packaged installation of OpenProject without any additional configuration or modules on Apache (such as mod_security, manually setting a host name, having a fallthrough VirtualHost). It might also affect other installations that did not take care to fix the HOST/X-Forwarded-Host headers. Version 14.3.0 includes stronger protections for the hostname from within the application using the HostAuthorization middleware of Rails to reject any requests with a host name that does not match the configured one. Also, all generated links by the application are now ensured to use the built-in hostname. Users who aren't able to upgrade immediately may use mod_security for Apache2 or manually fix the Host and X-Forwarded-Host headers in their proxying application before reaching the application server of OpenProject. Alternatively, they can manually apply the patch to opt-in to host header protections in previous versions of OpenProject.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41801?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openproject Openproject.
How do I fix CVE-2024-41801?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41801 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-41801 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41801 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-24685 OpenProject has Argument Injection on Repository module that allows Arbitrary File Write
- CVE-2026-32698 OpenProject has a SQL Injection via Custom Field Name that can be chained to Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-32703 OpenProject's repository files are served with the MIME type allowing them to be used to bypass Content Security Policy
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g92v-vrq6-4fpw.