Description
Open redirect vulnerability in api.php in SiteEngine 5.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the forward parameter in a logout action.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- UC Gateway Investment SiteEngine 5.0 - 'api.php' Open Redirection EDB-32523 · webapps · Oct 23, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- UC Gateway Investment SiteEngine v5.0 - Open Redirect http/cves/2008/CVE-2008-7269.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- 6823 exploit
- 20081023 SiteEngine 5.x Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 31888 vdb-entry