Mailgates
CVE-2024-6739
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A02:2025 - Security Misconfiguration
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security HttpOnly cookie flag
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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The session cookie in MailGates and MailAudit from Openfind does not have the HttpOnly flag enabled, allowing remote attackers to potentially steal the session cookie via XSS. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-1004. The session cookie in MailGates and MailAudit from Openfind does not have the HttpOnly flag enabled, allowing remote attackers to potentially steal the session cookie via XSS. Affected products include: Openfind Mailaudit, Openfind Mailgates.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The session cookie in MailGates and MailAudit from Openfind does not have the HttpOnly flag enabled, allowing remote attackers to potentially steal the session cookie via XSS.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Openfind MailGates contains a Command Injection flaw, when receiving email with specific strings, malicious code in the
Remote unauthenticated code execution in Openfind MailGates (5.0-6.0) and MailAudit (5.0-6.0) via stack-based buffer ove
MailGates and MailAudit products contain Command Injection flaw, which can be used to inject and execute system commands
CRLF Injection in Openfind MailGates/MailAudit allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary system files vi
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