CVE-2018-17422 Open redirect in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published 7 Mar 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via vulnerable parameters in dotCMS, 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-2018-17422?

CVE-2018-17422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms Dotcms, published on 7 Mar 2019. 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

dotCMS before 5.0.2 has open redirects via the html/common/forward_js.jsp FORWARD_URL parameter or the html/portlet/ext/common/page_preview_popup.jsp hostname parameter.

Weakness: CWE-601

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17422?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dotcms Dotcms.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17422?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-17422 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-17422 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-17422 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-g672-vhwx-4q8g.