Uncontrolled external site redirect

Description

Redirects made by the application are not controlled and could be manipulated by an attacker.

Impact

Redirect users to sites controlled by an attacker.

Recommendation

Use predefined parameters and not information that can be manipulated by the user for redirection to web sites in the application.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: N
• Attack complexity: L
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: R
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: N
• Integrity: L
• Availability: N

Temporal

• Exploit code madurity: X
• Remediation level: X
• Report confidence: X

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
• Score:
  • Base: 4.3
  • Temporal: 4.3
• Severity:
  • Base: Medium
  • Temporal: Medium

Requirements

• 173.Discard unsafe inputs
• 324.Control redirects

Fixes

• Elixir
• Scala
• Python
• Ruby
• Go
• Dart
• Swift
• Java
• C-Sharp
• PHP
• TypeScript

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