DSpace up to 5.10/6.3 dspace-jspui redirect

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in DSpace up to 5.10/6.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component dspace-jspui. The manipulation results in redirect. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-31193. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in DSpace up to 5.10/6.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component dspace-jspui. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

DSpace open source software is a repository application which provides durable access to digital resources. dspace-jspui is a UI component for DSpace. The JSPUI controlled vocabulary servlet is vulnerable to an open redirect attack, where an attacker can craft a malicious URL that looks like a legitimate DSpace/repository URL. When that URL is clicked by the target, it redirects them to a site of the attacker's choice. This issue has been patched in versions 5.11 and 6.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workaround for this vulnerability.

The weakness was shared 08/02/2022 as GHSA-763j-q7wv-vf3m. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-31193 since 05/18/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1204.001.

Upgrading to version 5.11 or 6.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5f72424a478f59061dcc516b866dcc687bc3f9de is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Name

• DSpace

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/

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