# CVE-2018-17422: Open redirect in n/a

> Attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via vulnerable parameters in dotCMS, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.

- **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:** No
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g672-vhwx-4q8g

## 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 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17422?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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:

- DotCMS < 5.0.2 - Open Redirect (nuclei): http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-17422.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Dotcms Dotcms

- [CVE-2022-26352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26352/): dotCMS Unrestricted Upload of File (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-19138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19138/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-6754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6754/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-5344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5344/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-2355](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2355/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-17422 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Dotcms Dotcms. 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-2018-17422/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17422/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17422
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17422
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17422

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17422/
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