CVE-2024-7053
moderate-risk
Published 2025-03-20
A vulnerability in open-webui/open-webui version 0.3.8 allows an attacker with a user-level account to perform a session fixation attack. The session cookie for all users is set with the default `SameSite=Lax` and does not have the `Secure` flag enabled, allowing the session cookie to be sent over HTTP to a cross-origin domain. An attacker can exploit this by embedding a malicious markdown image in a chat, which, when viewed by an administrator, sends the admin's session cookie to the attacker's server. This can lead to a stealthy administrator account takeover, potentially resulting in remote code execution (RCE) due to the elevated privileges of administrator accounts.
Do I need to act?
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0.17% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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9
CVSS 9.0/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (2)
36
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal