Open redirect in Cloud Foundry UAA - CVE-2018-11041
Published: June 25, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37015
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11041
CWE-ID: CWE-601
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cloud Foundry Foundation
Affected software:
Cloud Foundry UAA
Cloud Foundry UAA
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Cloud Foundry UAA, versions later than 4.6.0 and prior to 4.19.0 except 4.10.1 and 4.7.5 and uaa-release versions later than v48 and prior to v60 except v55.1 and v52.9, does not validate redirect URL values on a form parameter used for internal UAA redirects on the login page, allowing open redirects. A remote attacker can craft a malicious link that, when clicked, will redirect users to arbitrary websites after a successful login attempt.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11041
Install update from vendor's website.