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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2024-9266

Medium
4.7/10

Summary

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ("Open Redirect") vulnerability in Express. This vulnerability affects the use of the Express Response object. This issue impacts Express versions 3.4.5 through 3.21.2.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • 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