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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2015-3880

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Open redirect vulnerability in phpBB before 3.0.14-RC1 and 3.1.x before 3.1.4-RC2 allows remote attackers to redirect users of Google Chrome to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.

  • 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