Babel - Open Redirect

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

4.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

91%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Babel contains an open redirect vulnerability via redirect.php in the newurl parameter. An attacker can use any legitimate site using Babel to redirect user to a malicious site, thus possibly obtaining sensitive information, modifying data, and/or executing unauthorized operations.

Impact

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, leading to potential phishing attacks.

Fix

Upgrade to Babel version 7.4.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/modules/babel/redirect.php?newurl=http://interact.sh
Positive when: matches in header /(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*…/

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The full check

id: CVE-2019-1010290

info:
  name: Babel - Open Redirect
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: medium
  description: Babel contains an open redirect vulnerability via redirect.php in the newurl parameter. An attacker can use any legitimate site using Babel to redirect user to a malicious site, thus possibly obtaining sensitive information, modifying data, and/or executing unauthorized operations.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, leading to potential phishing attacks.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to Babel version 7.4.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://untrustednetwork.net/en/2019/02/20/open-redirection-vulnerability-in-babel/
    - http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/project/files/729
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010290
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2019-1010290
    cwe-id: CWE-601
    epss-score: 0.04059
    epss-percentile: 0.90744
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:bable\:multilingual_site:*:*:*:*:*:cms_made_simple:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: cmsmadesimple
    product: bable\
  tags: cve2019,cve,redirect,babel,cmsmadesimple,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/modules/babel/redirect.php?newurl=http://interact.sh'

    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh\/?(\/|[^.].*)?$' # https://regex101.com/r/L403F0/1

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