MobSF vulnerable to Open Redirect in Login Redirect

CVE-2024-41955 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

An open redirect vulnerability exist in MobSF authentication view.

PoC
1. Go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/login/?next=//afine.com in a web browser.
2. Enter credentials and press "Sign In".
3. You will be redirected to afine.com

Users who are not using authentication are not impacted.

Patches

Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?

Update to MobSF v4.0.5

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?
Disable Authentication

References

Are there any links users can visit to find out more?
Fix: https://github.com/MobSF/Mobile-Security-Framework-MobSF/commit/fdaad81314f393d324c1ede79627e9d47986c8c8

Reporter

Marcin Węgłowski (AFINE Team)

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
Open repository advisory ↗
Source code
Browse source ↗
Published (advisory)
2024-07-31 20:54:08 UTC
Updated
2024-08-02 15:58:50 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-07-31 20:54:08 UTC
NVD published
2024-07-31 20:15:06 UTC

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
14.80% 94.50%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
5.2 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
6.8 4.0 —
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:H)
High privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:A)
User interaction is required in an active way.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:L)
Limited confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-8m9j-2f32-2vx4 ↗
CVE CVE-2024-41955 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
pip mobsf < 4.0.5 4.0.5 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence