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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2019-14223

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Alfresco Community Edition versions below 5.2.6, 6.0.N and 6.1.N. The Alfresco Share application is vulnerable to an Open Redirect attack via a crafted POST request. By manipulating the POST parameters, an attacker can redirect a victim to a malicious website over any protocol the attacker desires (e.g.,http, https, ftp, smb, etc.).

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-601 - Open Redirect

An open redirect attack employs a URL parameter, HTML refresh tags, or a DOM based location change to exploit the trust of a vulnerable domain to direct the users to a malicious website. The attack could lead to higher severity vulnerabilities such as unauthorized access control, account takeover, XSS, and more.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published