Vigil@nce - Node.js apostrophe: open redirect
July 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can deceive the user of Node.js apostrophe, in order
to redirect him to a malicious site.
Impacted products: Nodejs Modules not comprehensive.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, data reading.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 01/07/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The apostrophe module can be installed on Node.js.
However, the web service accepts to redirect the victim with no
warning, to an external site indicated by the attacker.
An attacker can therefore deceive the user of Node.js apostrophe,
in order to redirect him to a malicious site.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-apostrophe-open-redirect-29662