What is CVE-2018-17422?

CVE-2018-17422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-17422?

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

Is CVE-2018-17422 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Open Redirect in Dotcms

CVE-2018-17422

dotCMS before 5.0.2 has open redirects via the html/common/forward_js.jsp FORWARD_URL parameter or the html/portlet/ext/common/page_preview_popup.jsp hostname parameter.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.037 (88.6th 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

Dotcms
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17422?: CVE-2018-17422 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-17422?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-17422 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.