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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2020-10959

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

resources/src/mediawiki.page.ready/ready.js in MediaWiki prior to 1.34.1 allows remote attackers to force a logout and external redirection via HTML content in a MediaWiki page.

  • 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