CVE-2022-38756: CVE-2022-38756 vulnerability in GW Web prior to 18.4.2

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-532

Description

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.

Affected products

Micro Focus GroupWise Web: before 18.4.2 — fixed in 18.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Micro Focus GroupWise Web 18.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170768/Micro-Focus-GroupWise-Session-ID-Disclosure.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/28
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000012374?language=en_US
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170768/Micro-Focus-GroupWise-Session-ID-Disclosure.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/28
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000012374?language=en_US
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/170768
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/28

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