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CVE-2023-41699: Payara Platform: URL Redirection to untrusted site using FORM authentication

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 24/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.40% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Payara Platform Payara Server, Micro and Embedded 4.1.2.191.46, 5.57.0, 6.2023.11.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Payara Platform Payara Server, Micro and Embedded 4.1.2.191.46, 5.57.0, 6.2023.11 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in Payara Platform Payara Server, Micro and Embedded (Servlet Implementation modules) allows Redirect Access to Libraries.This issue affects Payara Server, Micro and Embedded: from 5.0.0 before 5.57.0, from 4.1.2.191 before 4.1.2.191.46, from 6.0.0 before 6.8.0, from 6.2023.1 before 6.2023.11.

MediumCVSS 6.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Nov 15, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 35th percentile

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Action score

24

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
6.1
CNA · Payara
6.1
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
payarapayara

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • payara payara4.1.2.191 and later · before 4.1.2.191.46
  • payara payara5.0.0 and later · before 5.57.0
  • payara payara6.0.0 and later · before 6.8.0
  • payara payara6.2023.1 and later · before 6.2023.11

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Payara). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Payara Platform Payara Server, Micro and Embedded

    • 5.0.0 and later · before 5.57.0affected · semver
    • 4.1.2.191 and later · before 4.1.2.191.46affected · semver
    • 6.0.0 and later · before 6.8.0affected · semver
    • 6.2023.1 and later · before 6.2023.11affected · semver

Same product

payara: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-8215Payload Injection Attack via Management REST interface
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2022-45129Payara before 2022-11-04, when deployed to the root context, allows attackers to visit META-INF and WEB-INF, a different vulnerability than
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2022-37422Payara through 5.2022.2 allows directory traversal without authentication.
    30Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • Later →CVE-2024-7312Sep 11, 2024 · REST Interface Link Redirection via Host parameter
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-1534Apr 1, 2025 · Cross-site Scripting (Stored)
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Payara Platform Payara Server, Micro and Embedded4.1.2.191.46Vendor (CNA)
Payara Platform Payara Server, Micro and Embedded5.57.0Vendor (CNA)
Payara Platform Payara Server, Micro and Embedded6.2023.11Vendor (CNA)
Payara Platform Payara Server, Micro and Embedded6.8.0Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-7312301 days apartREST Interface Link Redirection via Host parameter
    28Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

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