CVE-2017-18262 Open redirect in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Attackers can redirect signed-in users to malicious sites via unvalidated redirects in Shibboleth login endpoints, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2017-18262?

CVE-2017-18262 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Apr 2018. 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

Blackboard Learn (Since at least 17th of October 2017) has allowed Unvalidated Redirects on any signed-in user through its endpoints for handling Shibboleth logins, as demonstrated by a webapps/bb-auth-provider-shibboleth-BBLEARN/execute/shibbolethLogin?returnUrl= URI.

Weakness: CWE-601, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18262?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Blackboard Blackboard Learn.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18262?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18262 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-18262 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18262 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-946w-mjq8-xx28.

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