Description
An issue was discovered in Open-Xchange OX AppSuite before 7.8.0-rev27. The "defer" servlet offers to redirect a client to a specified URL. Since some checks were missing, arbitrary URLs could be provided as redirection target. Users can be tricked to follow a link to a trustworthy domain but end up at an unexpected service later on. This vulnerability can be used to prepare and enhance phishing attacks.
Published: 2016-12-15
Score: 7.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-4216 An issue was discovered in Open-Xchange OX AppSuite before 7.8.0-rev27. The "defer" servlet offers to redirect a client to a specified URL. Since some checks were missing, arbitrary URLs could be provided as redirection target. Users can be tricked to follow a link to a trustworthy domain but end up at an unexpected service later on. This vulnerability can be used to prepare and enhance phishing attacks.
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Open-xchange Open-xchange Appsuite
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:58.066Z

Reserved: 2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3174

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-15T06:59:03.397

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3174

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