# CVE-2024-42493: Dorsett Controls InfoScan Exposure of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor

> Attackers can access sensitive information via response headers and JavaScript before logging in to Dorsett Controls InfoScan.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6jjg-3cm7-jjfj

## What is CVE-2024-42493?

CVE-2024-42493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dorsett Controls InfoScan, published on 8 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dorsett Controls InfoScan is vulnerable due to a leak of possible 
sensitive information through the response headers and the rendered 
JavaScript prior to user login.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42493?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dorsettcontrols Infoscan.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42493?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42493 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42493 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42493 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dorsett Controls InfoScan

- [CVE-2024-39287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39287/): Dorsett Controls InfoScan Exposure of Sensitive Information To An Unauthorized Actor (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-42408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42408/): Dorsett Controls InfoScan Path Traversal (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42493 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dorsett Controls InfoScan, published on 8 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42493 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dorsett Controls InfoScan. 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-2024-42493/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42493/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42493
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42493
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42493

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42493/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.