# CVE-2015-7943: Open redirect in n/a

> Remote attackers can redirect users to arbitrary sites for phishing via Drupal Overlay, jQuery Update, and LABjs modules.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DLA-548-1, GHSA-5746-cvmj-7x62, MGASA-2015-0425, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7943

## What is CVE-2015-7943?

CVE-2015-7943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 18 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Open redirect vulnerability in the Overlay module in Drupal 7.x before 7.41, the jQuery Update module 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.7 for Drupal, and the LABjs module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.8 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3233.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7943?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Drupal Drupal, Jquery Update Project Jquery Update, Labjs Project Labjs.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-7943?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-7943 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-7943 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-7943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 18 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Drupal Drupal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7943/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7943/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7943
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7943
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-7943

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