Open redirect in IceWall Federation Agent - CVE-2017-8945

 

Open redirect in IceWall Federation Agent - CVE-2017-8945

Published: May 29, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6793
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8945
CWE-ID: CWE-601
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect website visitors to external websites.

The weakness exists due to incorrect validation of redirected URL. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted link and redirect the victim on potentially dangerous website.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform phishing attack.

Affected software

IceWall Federation Agent

How to mitigate CVE-2017-8945

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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