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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2020-29498

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Dell Wyse Management Suite versions prior to 3.1 contain an open redirect vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to redirect application users to arbitrary web URLs by tricking the victim users to click on maliciously crafted links. The vulnerability could be used to conduct phishing attacks that cause users to unknowingly visit malicious sites.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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  • 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