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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in karma

CVE-2021-23495

  • karma
  • karma-0.12.11-beta
  • karma-0.12.16-beta
  • karma-0.12.24-beta
  • karma-0.12.25-beta
  • karma-0.12.6-beta
  • org.webjars.npm:karma
Medium
6.1/10

Summary

The package karma before 6.3.16 are vulnerable to Open Redirect due to missing validation of the return_url query parameter.

  • 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