URL redirection Security Vulnerability

Description
URL redirection is sometimes used as a part of phishing attacks that confuse visitors about which web site they are visiting.

Impact
A remote attacker can redirect users from your website to a specified URL. This problem may assist an attacker to conduct phishing attacks, trojan distribution, spammers.

References
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