Medium, CVSS 6.1PyPIAmendedPublished
open redirect in pollbot
CVE-2022-0637 · GHSA-vg27-hr3v-3cqv
- Affected
- PyPI pollbot < 1.4.6
- Fixed in
- 1.4.6· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- (From https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showbug.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/UnvalidatedRedirectsandForwardsCheatSheet.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.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.4.6 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.