Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-50297

Open Redirect in Alfasado Powercms ≤ 4.55

Open Redirect
Published
26 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
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 0.0040 33th percentile
Risk Priority 47 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-50297 is a medium-severity Open Redirect (CWE-601) vulnerability in Alfasado Powercms. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Phishing (T1566); ranked at the 33th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); 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 PowerCMS (6 Series, 5 Series, and 4 Series) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to redirect users to arbitrary web sites via a specially crafted URL. Note that all versions of PowerCMS 3 Series and earlier which…

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are unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) are also affected by this vulnerability.

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-2025-54752Same product: Alfasado Powercms
CVE-2025-54757Same product: Alfasado Powercms
CVE-2025-46359Same product: Alfasado Powercms
CVE-2025-41391Same product: Alfasado Powercms
CVE-2025-41396Same product: Alfasado Powercms
CVE-2025-36563Same product: Alfasado Powercms
CVE-2023-49117Same product: Alfasado Powercms
CVE-2026-24768Shared CWE-601
CVE-2025-34504Shared CWE-601
CVE-2023-46750Shared CWE-601

Affected Assets

alfasado
powercms
≤ 4.55 · 5.0 — 5.25 · 6.0 — 6.31

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