opentext-filr-guest-access: OpenText Filr - Guest Access Enabled

2026-04-09 OpenText Filr PoC Public

Description

OpenText Filr (formerly Micro Focus/Novell Filr) had guest access enabled, allowing unauthenticated users to access the system as a Guest, exposing GuestUser: 'true' and an "Enter as Guest" option on the SSF login page.

PoC

id: opentext-filr-guest-access

info:
  name: OpenText Filr - Guest Access Enabled
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: medium
  description: |
    OpenText Filr (formerly Micro Focus/Novell Filr) had guest access enabled, allowing unauthenticated users to access the system as a Guest, exposing GuestUser: 'true' and an "Enter as Guest" option on the SSF login page.
  impact: |
    Anonymous users can access publicly shared files and folders without authentication, potentially exposing sensitive internal documents.
  remediation: |
    Disable guest access via Admin Console (Port 8443) > System > Web Application > uncheck "Allow Guest access".
    Ensure Filr instances exposed to the internet do not have guest access enabled.
  reference:
    - https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/filr/filr-23.2/filr-admin/access.html
    - https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/filr/filr-23.2/filr-inst/bjm9tb7.html
    - https://opentext.com/products/filr
  classification:
    cwe-id: CWE-284
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    verified: true
    shodan-query: html:"OpenText Filr"
    product: filr
    vendor: opentext
  tags: misconfig,opentext,filr,exposure

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/ssf/a/do?p_name=ss_forum&p_action=1&action=__login"

    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 3

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "contains_all(body, 'GuestUser','true')"
          - "contains_any(body, 'Filr', 'filr', 'Vibe')"
          - "status_code == 200"
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100f97c5c9179fa282512b846f6c67318e199039ef36b69ffea865273c8e8406b05022100d48acaa1b3c518842fedb6d953e96d0bb82f56b66ac98a5dd44883f76dcf5ed2:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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