Open redirect via unvalidated Host header
Published Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026
Open redirect in ST Engineering iDirect Evolution and Velocity WebServer Evolution 20260717 allows remote attackers to redirect users. The HTTP service builds an absolute HTTPS login URL for unauthenticated requests by inserting the unvalidated Host header into the Location response header. Exploitation requires a user or proxy to follow the crafted redirect, enabling phishing or management-domain trust abuse without changing device data.
Summary
What happened
Open redirect in ST Engineering iDirect Evolution and Velocity WebServer Evolution 20260717 allows remote attackers to redirect users. The HTTP service builds an absolute HTTPS login URL for unauthenticated requests by inserting the unvalidated Host header into the Location response header. Exploitation requires a user or proxy to follow the crafted redirect, enabling phishing or management-domain trust abuse without changing device data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-94214
- Published
- Sep 21, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 21, 2026
- Vendor
- ST Engineering iDirect
- Product
- Velocity WebServer Evolution
- Classifications
- CWE-601
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 21, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 21, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=20260717
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- iDirect WebServer Host-header open-redirect proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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