Information Exposure Affecting omero-web package, versions [,5.29.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-OMEROWEB-11800947
  • published14 Aug 2025
  • disclosed13 Aug 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-54791  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade omero-web to version 5.29.2 or higher.

Overview

omero-web is an OMERO.web

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure via the getGuestConnection function in the webadmin/views.py file. An attacker can obtain unnecessary user information by triggering error messages during password reset attempts.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling the Forgot password option using the omero.web.show_forgot_password configuration property.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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