# CVE-2023-41699: Payara Platform: URL Redirection to untrusted site using FORM authentication

> Attackers can redirect users to untrusted sites via FORM authentication in Payara Platform, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/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:** 15 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q42q-53wf-q55x

## What is CVE-2023-41699?

CVE-2023-41699 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Payara Server, Micro and Embedded, published on 15 Nov 2023. 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

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in Payara Platform Payara Server, Micro and Embedded (Servlet Implementation modules) allows Redirect Access to Libraries.This issue affects Payara Server, Micro and Embedded: from 5.0.0 before 5.57.0, from 4.1.2.191 before 4.1.2.191.46, from 6.0.0 before 6.8.0, from 6.2023.1 before 6.2023.11.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41699?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Payara Payara.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41699?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41699 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41699 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41699 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Payara Server, Micro and Embedded

- [CVE-2024-8215](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8215/): Payload Injection Attack via Management REST interface (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2022-45129](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45129/): Payara, when deployed to the root context, allows attackers to visit META-INF and WEB-INF (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-37422](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-37422/): Path Traversal in Payara (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-7312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7312/): REST Interface Link Redirection via Host parameter (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2025-1534](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1534/): Cross-site Scripting (Stored) (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41699 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41699 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Payara Server, Micro and Embedded, published on 15 Nov 2023. 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-2023-41699 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Payara Server, Micro and Embedded. 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-2023-41699/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41699/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41699
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41699
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41699

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41699/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.