CVE-2025-54791
OMERO.web displays unecessary user information when requesting password reset
Description
### Background If an error occurred when resetting a user's password using the ``Forgot Password`` option in OMERO.web, the error message displayed on the Web page can disclose information about the user. ### Impact OMERO.web before 5.29.1 ### Patches User should upgrade to 5.29.2 or higher ### Workarounds Disable the ``Forgot password`` option in OMERO.web using the ``omero.web.show_forgot_password`` configuration property[^1]. Thanks to Christopher Youd who reported the issue. Open an issue in [omero-web](https://github.com/ome/omero-web) Email us at [security@openmicroscopy.org](mailto:security@openmicroscopy.org) [^1]: https://omero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/sysadmins/config.html#omero.web.show_forgot_password
How to fix CVE-2025-54791
To remediate CVE-2025-54791, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.29.2 or later
Is CVE-2025-54791 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.29.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |