CVE-2017-16652

Description

An issue was discovered in Symfony 2.7.x before 2.7.38, 2.8.x before 2.8.31, 3.2.x before 3.2.14, and 3.3.x before 3.3.13. DefaultAuthenticationSuccessHandler or DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler takes the content of the _target_path parameter and generates a redirect response, but no check is performed on the path, which could be an absolute URL to an external domain. This Open redirect vulnerability can be exploited for example to mount effective phishing attacks.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.22%
Vendor Advisory symfony.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2017-16652-open-redirect-vulnerability-on-security-handlers vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00009.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-16652?
CVE-2017-16652 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-16652?
To fix CVE-2017-16652, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-16652 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-16652 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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