# CVE-2024-6741: Openfind Mail2000 - HttpOnly flag bypass

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass HttpOnly flags to steal session cookies, potentially leading to account takeover in Openfind Mail2000.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v3v6-h9vm-h39c

## What is CVE-2024-6741?

CVE-2024-6741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openfind Mail2000 V7.0, published on 15 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Openfind's Mail2000 has a vulnerability that allows the HttpOnly flag to be bypassed. Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability using specific JavaScript code to obtain the session cookie with the HttpOnly flag enabled.

Weakness: CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6741?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openfind Mail2000.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6741?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6741 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6741 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6741 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Openfind Mail2000 V7.0

- [CVE-2024-5400](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5400/): Openfind Mail2000 - OS Command Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-5399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5399/): Openfind Mail2000 - OS Command Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2020-12776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12776/): Openfind Mail2000 - Broken Access Control (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2024-6740](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6740/): Openfind Mail2000 - Stored XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-15071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15071/): Openfind MAIL2000 Webmail Pre-Auth Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6741 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openfind Mail2000 V7.0, published on 15 Jul 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-2024-6741 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Openfind Mail2000 V7.0. 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-2024-6741/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6741/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6741
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6741
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6741

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6741/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.