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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable and unauthenticated but needs a victim click (UI:R); redirect crosses origins (S:C); impact is limited confidentiality via phishing, so C:L and I/A:N rather than Dell's C:H.
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6DescriptionNVD
Dell PowerFlex Manager, versions 4.6.2 and prior, contains an Open Redirect Vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a targeted application user being redirected to arbitrary web URLs. The vulnerability could be leveraged by attackers to conduct phishing attacks that cause users to divulge sensitive information.
AnalysisAI
Open redirect in Dell PowerFlex Manager versions 4.6.2 and prior lets an unauthenticated remote attacker craft a link that, once clicked by a targeted user, silently forwards them from the trusted PowerFlex Manager domain to an attacker-controlled URL. Because the redirect abuses the credibility of the management interface, it is primarily a phishing and credential-harvesting enabler rather than a direct server compromise. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is very low (0.04%).
Technical ContextAI
PowerFlex Manager is the web-based management console for Dell's PowerFlex software-defined storage/HCI platform, shipped in both appliance and rack form factors. The flaw is a CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect'), which occurs when the application accepts a user-supplied destination (typically a return/next/redirect parameter) and issues an HTTP redirect to it without validating that the target belongs to an allow-listed domain. The affected CPEs are cpe:2.3:a:dell:powerflex_manager, cpe:2.3:a:dell:powerflex_manager_(appliance), and cpe:2.3:a:dell:powerflex_manager_(rack), indicating all packaging variants of the console share the vulnerable redirect handling.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade PowerFlex Manager to a fixed build - Appliance IC 48.378.00 or IC 48.383.00, or Rack 3.7.8.0 or 3.8.3.0 (any build superseding 4.6.2), following Dell DSA-2025-434 (Appliance, https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000391392/) and DSA-2025-435 (Rack, https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000391568/). Because exploitation requires a victim to click an attacker-crafted link, effective compensating controls until patching include restricting network access to the PowerFlex Manager web UI to a trusted management network or VPN (limiting who can be phished on the real hostname), enforcing an egress/URL-filtering policy that blocks navigation to untrusted external domains from admin workstations, and briefing administrators to inspect the full URL of PowerFlex links before clicking; note these controls reduce but do not eliminate the redirect, since a valid internal user with legitimate access can still be lured, so upgrading remains the durable fix.
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EUVD-2025-209922
GHSA-883q-9j5h-3x3g