GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-vg27-hr3v-3cqv open redirect in pollbot
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-0637
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- pollbot
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-601
- Reviewed
- 2022-02-16
Affected packages
• PyPI pollbot: < 1.4.6 → fixed in 1.4.6
Description
(From https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1753838)
Summary:
There was an open redirection vulnerability in the path of:
https://pollbot.services.mozilla.com/ and https://pollbot.stage.mozaws.net/
Description:
An attacker can redirect anyone to malicious sites.
Steps To Reproduce:
Type in this URL:
https://pollbot.services.mozilla.com/%0a/evil.com/
It redirects to that website
evil.com
evil.com was used as an example but this could be any website. Note, the /%0a/ and trailing / are required.
Supporting Material/References:
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Unvalidated_Redirects_and_Forwards_Cheat_Sheet.html
Impact
Attackers can serve malicious websites that steal passwords or download ransomware to their victims machine due to a redirect and there are a heap of other attack vectors.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-0637 open redirect in pollbot (pollbot.services.mozilla.com) in versions before 1.4.6 vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site weakness
References
- https://github.com/mozilla/PollBot/security/advisories/GHSA-vg27-hr3v-3cqv web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0637 advisory
- https://github.com/mozilla/PollBot/pull/360 web
- https://github.com/mozilla/PollBot/commit/e39d8bec2df582ba525bb2e2f33c3ebc584d7ff8 web
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1753838 web
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2022-0637 web
- https://github.com/mozilla/PollBot package