Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-22298

Open Redirect in Pgadmin 4 4.0 – 6.14

Open Redirect
Published
17 January 2023
Modified
03 April 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0091 57th percentile
Risk Priority 49 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-22298 is a medium-severity Open Redirect (CWE-601) vulnerability in Pgadmin Pgadmin 4. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Phishing (T1566); ranked in the top 43% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Open redirect vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 versions prior to v6.14 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to redirect a user to an arbitrary web site and conduct a phishing attack by having a user to access a specially crafted URL.

CWE(s)
CWE-601

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1566 Phishing Initial Access
Adversaries may send phishing messages to gain access to victim systems.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-12049Same product: Pgadmin Pgadmin 4
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CVE-2024-2044Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2022-4223Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2023-5002Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2024-4215Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2024-3116Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2023-39364Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2016-5385Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2023-46750Shared CWE-601

Affected Assets

pgadmin
pgadmin 4
4.0 — 6.14
fedoraproject
fedora
36

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.7.2

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness
addresses: CWE-601

Security awareness includes verifying URLs and avoiding untrusted redirects that lead to malicious sites.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-601

Validates redirect targets and URLs to ensure they conform to allowed destinations.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and untrusted-redirect controls that prevent CWE-601.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.23 Web filtering partial match
mitigates

Preventing access to attacker-controlled or malicious sites stops users from being redirected to untrusted locations via open-redirect or phishing links.

References