Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft /login.html link with malicious Host value
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DeliveryDeliver link to operator via phishing
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ExploitVictim clicks trusted management URL
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ExecutionServer issues redirect off-site
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ImpactLand on attacker page for credential theft
Vulnerability Assessment
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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. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an attacker to send a crafted /login.html request to the Management Service with a manipulated Host argument, and a victim (typically a hub operator/administrator with access to the management portal) to click the resulting link - user interaction is mandatory (UI:P). No authentication is required to trigger the redirect (PR:N), and it is remotely reachable over the network (AV:N). Limiting factors: exploitation yields only an off-site redirect (low integrity, no code execution, no data read), the management interface is normally exposed only to satellite-network operations staff on restricted networks rather than the public internet, and success depends on social-engineering the victim into clicking the link. |
| Impact | This is a low-severity open redirect (CWE-601) in the Management Service login page (/login.html) of ST Engineering iDirect Evolution and Velocity WebServer Evolution, driven by attacker manipulation of the Host argument. The vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N, score 5.3) is internally consistent with an open redirect: network-reachable, no privileges, but requiring victim interaction (UI:P) and yielding only a low integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability loss. The E:P (proof-of-concept) exploit maturity aligns with the reported public POC on GitHub. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no evidence of active exploitation are provided - so this is 'publicly available exploit code exists' rather than confirmed in-the-wild use. Realistically this is a high-nuisance/low-impact issue best used as a phishing enhancer (lending a trusted management-portal domain to a redirect), not a standalone compromise vector. Note the entry originates from VulDB (a high-volume disclosure source) and the vendor did not respond, so affected-version accuracy ('up to 20260717') is unverified. The single referenced 'exploit' link points to a markdown file in a repository titled for an unrelated WAVLINK command-injection issue, which lowers confidence in the artifact's provenance even though it is labeled for this iDirect Host-redirect finding. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a link to the iDirect management portal's /login.html with a manipulated Host argument that causes the server to redirect the victim to an attacker-controlled site. A network/hub operator or administrator who clicks the trusted-looking management URL (UI:P) is silently sent off-site, enabling credential phishing or malware delivery. A public proof-of-concept for the redirect is referenced, but no active exploitation is reported. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 21, 2026
Open redirect in ST Engineering iDirect Evolution and Velocity WebServer Evolution (up to version 20260717) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to manipulate the Host argument on /login.html and redirect victims to arbitrary external websites. Exploitation requires user interaction-a victim must click a crafted link-and publicly available exploit code exists, though the vendor did not respond to disclosure. This low-severity issue affects the Management Service, which is typically isolated on satellite operations networks, and the integrity impact is limited to the redirect itself.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; ST Engineering iDirect did not respond to the disclosure. Until a fix is available, administrators should restrict access to the Management Service (/login.html) to trusted management networks or VPNs-trade-off: this may limit remote operational flexibility but significantly reduces exposure. As a compensating control, configure the web server to validate the Host header against a whitelist of expected hostnames and reject or canonicalize unexpected values; this may break legitimate redirects if not carefully tested. Additionally, disable any non-essential redirect functionality in the login page if possible, or implement a server-side redirect whitelist that only allows relative paths. Because exploitation requires user interaction, educate operators not to click unsolicited links claiming to be iDirect management URLs. Monitor the VulDB references (https://vuldb.com/vuln/408070) for any future vendor advisory or patch release.
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The vulnerability is an instance of CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site, or 'Open Redirect') in the web-based Management Service of ST Engineering iDirect Evolution and Velocity WebServer Evolution. According to the CPE data, affected products are cpe:2.3:a:st_engineering_idirect:evolution and cpe:2.3:a:st_engineering_idirect:velocity_webserver_evolution. The flaw resides in the /login.html endpoint, where the application fails to validate or sanitize the Host argument before using it in a redirect response. An attacker can supply a malicious Host value so that when a victim clicks a link, the application redirects the browser to an attacker-controlled domain. The CVSS 4.0 vector provided by the source includes E:P, confirming that proof-of-concept exploit code is publicly available. This is a client-side redirect issue: no server-side code execution or data exfiltration is possible; the primary risk is phishing or credential harvesting via a trusted-looking iDirect URL.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Unauthenticated remote redirect requiring victim click (UI:R); redirect to attacker-controlled origin crosses a trust boundary (S:C) with only low integrity impact and no confidentiality/availability loss.
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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3DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was found in ST Engineering iDirect Evolution and Velocity WebServer Evolution up to 20260717. This affects an unknown part of the file /login.html of the component Management Service. Performing a manipulation of the argument Host results in open redirect. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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