CVE-2024-8969
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOMFLOW from The SYSCOM Group has a vulnerability involving the exposure of sensitive data. This allows remote attackers who have logged into the system to obtain password hashes of all users and administrators.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOMFLOW from The SYSCOM Group contains an authenticated information disclosure vulnerability that allows any logged-in user to retrieve password hashes for all users and administrators in the system, indicating improper access control enforcement on sensitive user data endpoints.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm OMFLOW installation and versionLocate the OMFLOW installation directory and identify the version file or check the application banner/version endpoint. Common locations include /opt/omflow, /var/www/omflow, or the application's About page.Affected if The installed version of OMFLOW matches or falls within the affected version range (if known) or cannot be determined to be patched.
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Identify user role assignmentsQuery the user management module or database to list all users and their assigned roles. Look for users with non-administrative roles.Affected if Non-administrative users exist in the system who should not have access to sensitive administrative data.
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Test endpoint access as low-privilege userAuthenticate with a standard (non-admin) user account and attempt to access user management or user list API endpoints. Capture the HTTP response.Affected if A standard logged-in user can successfully retrieve user data that should be restricted to administrators.
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Verify password hash exposure in responsesInspect the API response from user data endpoints accessed by a non-administrative user. Look for fields containing password hash values or similar sensitive credential data.Affected if The response includes password hashes or other credential-related fields for any user, including administrators.
A user is affected if any authenticated non-administrative user can access endpoints that expose password hashes for users or administrators in the system.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper role-based access control (RBAC) to restrict sensitive data access, ensure password hashes are only accessible to authorized administrative functions, and consider migrating to salted hashing algorithms if not already in use.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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