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Swe W Aung (sirswa) wrote : novnc allowing open direction which could potentially be used for phishing

This bug report is related to Security.

Currently novnc is allowing open direction, which could potentially be used for phishing attempts

To test.
https://<sites' vnc domain>//example.com/%2F..
include .. at the end

For example:
http://vncproxy.my.domain.com//example.com/%2F..

It will redirect to example.com. You can replace example.com with some legitimate domain or spoofed domain.

The description of the risk is
By modifying untrusted URL input to a malicious site, an attacker may successfully launch a phishing scam and steal user credentials.
Because the server name in the modified link is identical to the original site, phishing attempts may have a more trustworthy appearance.