CVE-2022-38756 (GCVE-0-2022-38756)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-16 00:00
Modified
2025-04-18 13:22
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- A vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus GroupWise Web in versions prior to 18.4.2. The GW Web component makes a request to the Post Office Agent that contains sensitive information in the query parameters that could be logged by any intervening HTTP proxies.
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus GroupWise Web in versions prior to 18.4.2. The GW Web component makes a request to the Post Office Agent that contains sensitive information in the query parameters that could be logged by any intervening HTTP proxies.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro Focus | Micro Focus GroupWise Web |
Version: unspecified < 18.4.2 |
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