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Apache Tomcat - Open Redirect

ID: CVE-2018-11784

Severity: medium

Author: geeknik

Tags: cve,cve2018,packetstorm,tomcat,redirect,apache

Description

Section titled “Description”

Apache Tomcat versions prior to 9.0.12, 8.5.34, and 7.0.91 are prone to an open-redirection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2018-11784


info:
  name: Apache Tomcat - Open Redirect
  author: geeknik
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Apache Tomcat versions prior to 9.0.12, 8.5.34, and 7.0.91 are prone to an open-redirection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
  impact: |
    An attacker can redirect users to malicious websites, leading to phishing attacks or the download of malware.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 9.0.12 or later, or apply the relevant patch provided by the Apache Software Foundation.
  reference:
    - https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/23134c9b5a23892a205dc140cdd8c9c0add233600f76b313dda6bd75@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11784
    - http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00030.html
    - http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00056.html
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163456/Apache-Tomcat-9.0.0M1-Open-Redirect.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2018-11784
    cwe-id: CWE-601
    epss-score: 0.79069
    epss-percentile: 0.9827
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: apache
    product: tomcat
    shodan-query:
      - title:"Apache Tomcat"
      - http.title:"apache tomcat"
      - http.html:"apache tomcat"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat"
    fofa-query:
      - body="apache tomcat"
      - title="apache tomcat"
    google-query: intitle:"apache tomcat"
  tags: cve,cve2018,packetstorm,tomcat,redirect,apache


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}//interact.sh"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*\.)?interact\.sh\/?(\/.*)?$'


      - type: status
        negative: true
        status:
          - 404
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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-2018-11784.yaml"

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