Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-50963

Open Redirect in Ibm Storage Defender Data Protect 1.0.0 – 1.4.1

Open Redirect
Published
19 January 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0033 25th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-50963 is a medium-severity Open Redirect (CWE-601) vulnerability in Ibm Storage Defender Data Protect. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 25th 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

IBM Storage Defender - Data Protect 1.0.0 through 1.4.1 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site…

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scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 276101.

CWE(s)
CWE-601

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ibm
storage defender data protect
1.0.0 — 1.4.1

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