CVE-2022-35953 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in bookwyrm
Attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via tabnabbing in BookWyrm, facilitating phishing attacks against the social reading platform.
- 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-2022-35953?
CVE-2022-35953 is a high-severity vulnerability in bookwyrm-social bookwyrm, published on 12 Aug 2022. 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
BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Some links in BookWyrm may be vulnerable to tabnabbing, a form of phishing that gives attackers an opportunity to redirect a user to a malicious site. The issue was patched in version 0.4.5.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35953?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Joinbookwyrm Bookwyrm.
How do I fix CVE-2022-35953?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35953 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-35953 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-35953 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in bookwyrm-social bookwyrm
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xq42-mq5w-m24x.