Impress CMS 'user.php' URL Redirection Vulnerability

BID:69637

Info

Impress CMS 'user.php' URL Redirection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 69637
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 04 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 04 2014 12:00AM
Credit: JoeV
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Impress CMS 'user.php' URL Redirection Vulnerability

Impress CMS is prone to a remote URL-redirection vulnerability.

An attacker can leverage this issue by constructing a URI that includes a malicious site redirection. When an unsuspecting victim follows the URI, they may be redirected to an attacker-controlled site; this may aid in phishing attacks.

Impress CMS 1.3.7 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Impress CMS 'user.php' URL Redirection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

http://localhost/user.php?xoops_redirect="malicious link or port number"

Solution / Fix

Impress CMS 'user.php' URL Redirection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Impress CMS 'user.php' URL Redirection Vulnerability

References:
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report