Open Redirection Vulnerability in GetSimpleCMS 3.3.13

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Open Redirection Vulnerability in GetSimpleCMS
Affected Software: GetSimpleCMS
Affected Versions: 3.3.13
Homepage: http://get-simple.info/
Vulnerability: Open Redirection
Severity: Medium
Status: Not Fixed
CVSS Score (3.0): AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-18-056

Technical Details

URL: http://GetSimpleCMS-3.3.13/admin/index.php?redirect=http://r87.com/?localhost/
Parameter Name: redirect
Parameter Type: GET
Attack Pattern: http://r87.com/?localhost/
Github: https://github.com/GetSimpleCMS/GetSimpleCMS/issues/1300

For more information on Open Redirection vulnerabilities read the article Open Redirection.

Advisory Timeline

12th November 2018 – First Contact
12th November 2018 – Disclosed Publicly at Request
14th Febuary 2019 – Advisory Released

Credits & Authors

These issues have been discovered by Mithat Gögebakan while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.

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