Vulnerability · CVE-2025-40846
Improper Input Validation, the returnUrl parameter in Account Security Settings lacks proper input validation, allowing attackers to redirect users to malicious websites (Open Redi
Published May 8, 2025 · catalog updated May 8, 2025 · HaloITSM ITSM
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-40846. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of HaloITSM ITSM is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.36%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor HaloITSM ITSM
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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How to fix CVE-2025-40846
Recommended remediation
A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-40846. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of HaloITSM ITSM is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.36%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 8, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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
May 8, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
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
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-40846
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-40846
30-day exploitation probability 0.4%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-13959
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 H
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.