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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2022-26158

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in the web application in Cherwell Service Management (CSM) 10.2.3. It accepts and reflects arbitrary domains supplied via a client-controlled Host header. Injection of a malicious URL in the Host: header of the HTTP Request results in a 302 redirect to an attacker-controlled page.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
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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