What is CVE-2024-43794?

CVE-2024-43794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensearch-Project Security-Dashboards-Plugin, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-43794?

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

Open Redirect in Opensearch-Project Security-Dashboards-Plugin

CVE-2024-43794

OpenSearch Dashboards Security Plugin adds a configuration management UI for the OpenSearch Security features to OpenSearch Dashboards. Improper validation of the nextUrl parameter can lead to external redirect on login to OpenSearch-Dashboards for specially crafted parameters. A patch is available in 1.3.19 and 2.16.0 for this issue.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.002 (15.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Opensearch-project Security-dashboards-plugin — versions < 1.3.19, >= 2.0.0, < 2.16.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43794?: CVE-2024-43794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensearch-Project Security-Dashboards-Plugin, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-43794?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.