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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2005-0420

Medium
5.8/10

Summary

Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA), when used with Exchange, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary URLs for login via a link to the owalogon.asp application.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • 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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  • Published