CVE-2017-20164: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

January 7, 2023 (updated January 9, 2023)

A vulnerability was found in Symbiote Seed up to 6.0.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function onBeforeSecurityLogin of the file code/extensions/SecurityLoginExtension.php of the component Login. The manipulation of the argument URL leads to open redirect. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 6.0.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is b065ebd82da53009d273aa7e989191f701485244. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-217626 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-wm32-3r4m-jvcc
github.com/symbiote/silverstripe-seed/commit/b065ebd82da53009d273aa7e989191f701485244
github.com/symbiote/silverstripe-seed/releases/tag/6.0.3
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20164
vuldb.com/?ctiid.217626
vuldb.com/?id.217626

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