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CVE-2025-35059

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-09
Fix available
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Newforma Info Exchange (NIX) '/DownloadWeb/hyperlinkredirect.aspx' provides an unauthenticated URL redirect via the 'nhl' parameter.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Newforma Info Exchange (NIX) contains an open redirect vulnerability in /DownloadWeb/hyperlinkredirect.aspx. The 'nhl' parameter is not validated, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to craft malicious URLs that redirect victims to arbitrary external sites. This can be leveraged in phishing attacks to spoof legitimate login pages.

MitigationImplement strict allowlist validation for the 'nhl' parameter, restricting redirects to trusted domains or relative paths only. Alternatively, replace the parameter-based redirect with a mapping system that uses internal identifiers instead of raw URLs.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Project CenterApplication
Affected:< 2024.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Newforma Project Center installation and version
    Check the Windows registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Newforma\ProjectCenter for the Version value, or inspect the assembly version of Newforma.ProjectCenter.exe in the installation directory (commonly C:\Program Files\Newforma\Project Center).
    Affected if The installed version is present and less than 2024.1
  2. Confirm the vulnerable endpoint exists
    Locate the file hyperlinkredirect.aspx in the web application directory, typically found under the IIS web root in a folder named DownloadWeb.
    Affected if The file /DownloadWeb/hyperlinkredirect.aspx exists on the server
  3. Test for open redirect behavior
    Send a GET request to the endpoint with an arbitrary nhl parameter, for example: /DownloadWeb/hyperlinkredirect.aspx?nhl=http://evil.example.com. Inspect the HTTP response Location header or any redirect mechanism.
    Affected if The application returns a 3xx redirect to the value provided in the nhl parameter without validation
  4. Review IIS logs for suspicious redirect usage
    Examine IIS log files (default location: C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles) for entries containing hyperlinkredirect.aspx and external URLs in the query string, looking for patterns like nhl=http.
    Affected if Log entries show unauthenticated requests to the endpoint with arbitrary external URLs in the nhl parameter

A system is affected if Newforma Project Center version is below 2024.1 and the /DownloadWeb/hyperlinkredirect.aspx endpoint is accessible and allows arbitrary URL redirection via the nhl parameter.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 2024.1 or later
Fixed in 2024.1
Interim mitigation

Implement strict allowlist validation for the 'nhl' parameter, restricting redirects to trusted domains or relative paths only. Alternatively, replace the parameter-based redirect with a mapping system that uses internal identifiers instead of raw URLs.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

2024.1

  1. Verify current Project Center version by checking the application or system information
  2. Backup the current Project Center installation and database
  3. Download Project Center version 2024.1 or later from the official Newforma distribution channel
  4. Install the upgrade following Newforma's standard upgrade procedures
  5. Verify the installation completed successfully
  6. Test that the /DownloadWeb/hyperlinkredirect.aspx endpoint no longer performs unvalidated redirects

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Project Center Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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