HaloITSM open redirect via the returnUrl

published 2025-05-08 last yr. modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-13959

cvss: 7.1; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Input Validation, the returnUrl parameter in Account Security Settings lacks proper input validation, allowing attackers to redirect users to malicious websites (Open Redirect) and inject JavaScript code to perform cross site scripting attack.

The vulnerability affects Halo versions up to 2.174.101 and all versions between 2.175.1 and 2.184.21

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last yr. (2025-05-08)

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	7.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/RE:L/U:Red
CNA	4.0	7.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:X/RE:L/U:Red

Affected products

HaloITSM ITSM

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site

References

support.haloservicedesk.com /kb?id=2501
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-40846
NVD CVE-2025-40846

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