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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2022-0637

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

In Pollbot before version 1.4.6 there is an open redirection vulnerability in the path of https://pollbot.services.mozilla.com/ and https://pollbot.stage.mozaws.net/ An attacker can redirect anyone to malicious sites. To Reproduce type in this URL: "https://pollbot.services.mozilla.com/%0a/evil.com/". Affected versions will redirect to that website when you inject a payload like "//evil.com/". This is fixed in version 1.4.6.

  • 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