CVE-2018-16627 Open redirect in n/a
Medium 6.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-16627 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2018-16627 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Dec 2018. 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-2018-16627 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2018-16627/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16627/index.md)
Attackers can inject the Host header in the password reset feature to redirect users to malicious sites.
- 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-2018-16627?
CVE-2018-16627 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Dec 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
panel/login in Kirby v2.5.12 allows Host header injection via the "forget password" feature.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16627?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Getkirby Kirby.
How do I fix CVE-2018-16627?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16627 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-16627 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16627 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-41964 Insufficient permission checks in the language settings in Kirby CMS
- CVE-2026-34587 Kirby has Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) via double template resolution in option rendering
- CVE-2021-29460 Cross-site scripting (XSS) from unsanitized uploaded SVG files
- CVE-2023-38489 Kirby vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration after a password change
Sources
Also known as GHSA-34g4-wcj4-64vj.