Open Zaak · Open Zaak · CVE-2020-26251
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Open Zaak versions prior to 1.3.3
**Description**
Open Zaak is a modern, open-source data- and services-layer to enable zaakgericht werken, a Dutch approach to case management. The Cross-Origin-Resource-Sharing policy in Open Zaak is currently wide open, allowing every client to perform AJAX calls to known Open Zaak installations without being blocked by the browser. This was intended to only apply to development machines running on localhost/127.0.0.1. However, the vulnerability does not seem exploitable due to several reasons:
- The session cookie has a `Same-Site: Lax` policy, preventing it from being sent along in Cross-Origin requests.
- All pages that give access to production data are login-protected.
- `Access-Control-Allow-Credentials` is set to `false`.
- CSRF checks probably block the remote origin, since they are not explicitly added to the trusted allowlist.
**Recommendations**
For Open Zaak versions prior to 1.3.3, update to version 1.3.3 or later, which disables CORS by default. If necessary, CORS can be opted-in through environment variables in version 1.3.3 and later.