Reverse Tabnabbing in J-Business Directory - CVE-2020-5182
Published: February 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24944
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5182
CWE-ID: CWE-1022
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify certain properties on the affected system.
The vulnerability exist due to Reverse Tabnabbing on the listing website links that are open in a new tab. In some configurations, the link to the business website can be entered by any user. If it doesn't contain rel="noopener" (or similar attributes such as noreferrer). A remote attacker can modify the location property to automatically redirect the user to a malicious site.
Affected software
J-Business Directory
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5182
Install updates from vendor's website.
J-Business Directory - update to 5.2.9