Glassfish
CVE-2024-8646
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Redirect URL validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could redirect users to malicious websites via URL manipulation by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
In Eclipse Glassfish versions prior to 7.0.10, a URL redirection vulnerability to untrusted sites existed. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Open Redirect vulnerability could allow attackers to redirect users to malicious websites via URL manipulation.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate redirect destinations against an allowlist, avoid using user input in redirect URLs.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in maven
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Open Redirect (CWE-601), which allows attackers to redirect users to malicious websites via URL manipulation. In Eclipse Glassfish versions prior to 7.0.10, a URL redirection vulnerability to untrusted sites existed. This vulnerability is caused by the vulnerability (CVE-2023-41080) in the Apache code included in GlassFish. This vulnerability only affects applications that are explicitly deployed to the root context ('/'). Affected products include: Eclipse Glassfish. Version information: prior to 7.0.10.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
In Eclipse Glassfish versions prior to 7.0.10, a URL redirection vulnerability to untrusted sites existed. This vulnerability is caused by the vulnerability (CVE-2023-41080) in the Apache code included in GlassFish. This vulnerability only affects applications that are explicitly deployed to the root context ('/').
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Affected Products (CPE)NVD
In Eclipse Glassfish versions before 7.0.17, The Host HTTP parameter could cause the web application to redirect to the
In Eclipse Glassfish 5 or 6, running with old versions of JDK (lower than 6u211, or < 7u201, or < 8u191), allows remote
In Eclipse GlassFish versions before 8.0.3 it is possible to perform Login Brute Force attacks as there is no limitation
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