QID 150761

Date Published: 2023-12-14

QID 150761: OpenCMS Open Redirect Vulnerability (CVE-2023-6380)

OpenCms from Alkacon Software is a professional, easy to use website content management system (CMS) based on Java and XML technology.

A Open Redirect vulnerability exists in Mercury template of OpenCMS due to improper sanitization of the 'URI' parameter.

Affected versions:
OpenCMS version 14
OpenCMS version 15

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID initially sends a HTTP GET request to the "system/modules/alkacon.mercury.template.jsondemo/elements/jsonapi.jsp" endpoint to verify its accessibility. It then sumbits the vulnerable parameter 'URI' containing arbitrary payload and based 'Location' response header value confirms the vulnerability on the target application.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to trick a user into visiting a specially crafted link which could redirect them to a malicious site and compromise them.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.4 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to upgrade to OpenCMS 16 to remediate this vulnerability.

Vendor References

CVEs related to QID 150761

CVE-2023-6380 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
OpenCMS Downloads			www.opencms.org/en/download/

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