Vigil@nce - HTTPie: open redirect
September 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can deceive the user of HTTPie, in order to redirect
him to a malicious site.
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, SLES.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, data reading.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 03/09/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The HTTPie product offers a web service.
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 HTTPie, in order to
redirect him to a malicious site.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/HTTPie-open-redirect-30229