Open Redirect in Alkacon Software OpenCms
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-601.
Summary
Open redirect vulnerability has been found in the Open CMS product affecting versions 14 and 15 of the 'Mercury' template. An attacker could create a specially crafted URL and send it to a specific user to redirect them to a malicious site and compromise them. Exploitation of this vulnerability is possible due to the fact that there is no proper sanitization of the 'URI' parameter.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6380
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q324-xr3g-8g3f
References
More Alkacon Opencms vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-28583 Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Create/Modify article function in Alkacon OpenCMS… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-19187 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the component /workplace#!explorer of Alkacon… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-27633 A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon OpenCMS v17.0 allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-27632 A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon OpenCMS v17.0 allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-15113 A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in alkacon-OpenCMS v11.0.0.0 allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2021-07974 OpenCMS - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Sitemap CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2023-6380 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6380 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q324-xr3g-8g3f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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