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GHSA-q3m9-9fj2-mfwr
No affected components available
Impact
Various parts of Plone use the 'is url in portal' check for security, mostly to see if it is safe to redirect to a url. A url like https://example.org is not in the portal.
But the url https:example.org without slashes tricks our code and it is considered to be in the portal.
When redirecting, some browsers go to https://example.org, others give an error.
Attackers may use this to redirect you to their site, especially as part of a phishing attack.
Patches
The problem has been patched in Products.isurlinportal 1.2.0.
This is a recommended upgrade for all users of Plone 4.3 and 5, on Python 2.7 or higher.
It has not been tested on earlier Plone or Python versions.
Upcoming Plone 5.2.5 and higher will include the new version.
Discovered
This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Yuji Tounai of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. Thank you!
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Email the Plone Security Team at security@plone.org, especially when you think you have discovered a security problem or when you are not sure.
- Open an issue in the tracker if your question or comment can be public.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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