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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2024-47530

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

Scout is a web-based visualizer for VCF-files. Open Redirect vulnerability allows performing phishing attacks on users by redirecting them to the malicious page. The "/login" API endpoint is vulnerable to open redirect attack via "next" parameter due to the absence of sanitization logic. Additionally, due to lack of scheme validation, HTTPS Downgrade Attack can be performed on the users. This vulnerability affects scout-browser package versions prior to 4.89.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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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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