GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-43g4-487m-5q6m Open WebUI Vulnerable to a Session Fixation Attack

HIGH Published 2025-03-20 Modified 2025-03-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-7053
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
open-webui
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Reviewed
2025-03-21

Affected packages

• PyPI open-webui: <= 0.3.8 (no fix yet)

Description

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.

Related

Alias · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References