What is CVE-2017-18178?

CVE-2017-18178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Progress Sitefinity, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-18178?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Open Redirect in Progress Sitefinity

CVE-2017-18178

Authenticate/SWT in Progress Sitefinity 9.1 has an open redirect issue in which an authentication token is sent to the redirection target, if the target is specified using a certain %40 syntax. This is fixed in 10.1.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.023 (81.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Progress Sitefinity — versions 9.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18178?: CVE-2017-18178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Progress Sitefinity, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-18178?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.