# CVE-2017-20164: Symbiote Seed Login SecurityLoginExtension.php onBeforeSecurityLogin redirect

- Also known as: GHSA-WM32-3R4M-JVCC
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.3
- Published: 2023-01-07 · Updated: 2025-04-08

## Affected

- Symbiote Seed: 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
- symbiote/silverstripe-seed (Packagist): fixed in 6.0.3

## Description

A vulnerability was found in Symbiote Seed up to 6.0.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function onBeforeSecurityLogin of the file code/extensions/SecurityLoginExtension.php of the component Login. The manipulation of the argument URL leads to open redirect. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 6.0.3 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as b065ebd82da53009d273aa7e989191f701485244. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-217626 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Symbiote Seed, symbiote/silverstripe-seed, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.217626
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217626
- https://github.com/symbiote/silverstripe-seed/commit/b065ebd82da53009d273aa7e989191f701485244
- https://github.com/symbiote/silverstripe-seed/releases/tag/6.0.3

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