Company
Date Published
Author
Simon Scannell
Word count
1525
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

This paragraph provides a neutral and objective summary of the text, highlighting key points about the vulnerabilities discovered in Zimbra's open-source webmail solution. The Zimbra code contains two vulnerabilities: a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) bug that can be exploited to gain access to an employee's email account and sensitive accounts linked to it, and a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that allows an attacker to extract credentials from instances within cloud infrastructure. The SSRF vulnerability is particularly concerning as it enables attackers to create open redirects, potentially leading to the compromise of sensitive information or even Remote-Code-Execution attacks. The Zimbra team has released patches for both vulnerabilities, and the article concludes by thanking the vendor for their professional responses.