Enforce relative links

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title: Enforce relative links
description: Use the glide.cms.catalog\_uri\_relative property to enforce relative links from the URI parameter on /ess/catalog.do.
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product: Instance Security Hardening Settings
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Enforce relative links

Use the **glide.cms.catalog\_uri\_relative** property to enforce relative links from the URI parameter on `/ess/catalog.do`.

The **glide.cms.catalog\_uri\_relative** system property enforces relative links from the URI parameter on /ess/catalog.do. If **glide.cms.catalog\_uri\_relative** is not set to the recommended value of **true**, then the URL isn't sanitized with the enforceRelativeURL\(url\) function.

**Note:** This property impacts the legacy Content Management System \(CMS\) which has been replaced with Service Portal.

Ensure that the property **glide.cms.catalog\_uri\_relative** is set to **true**.

## More information

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Attribute

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Configuration name

</td><td>

**glide.cms.catalog\_uri\_relative**

</td></tr><tr><td>

Configuration type

</td><td>

System Properties \(/sys\_properties\_list.do\)

</td></tr><tr><td>

Data type

</td><td>

Boolean

</td></tr><tr><td>

Recommended value

</td><td>

true

</td></tr><tr><td>

Default value

</td><td>

true

</td></tr><tr><td>

Fallback value

</td><td>

false

</td></tr><tr><td>

Category

</td><td>

[Validation, sanitization, and encoding](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/validation-sanitization-encoding.md)

</td></tr><tr><td>

Security risk

</td><td>

-   Severity score: 2.6
-   CVSS rating: Low
-   Security risk details: Absolute URLs can pose a security risk when used as a part of parameter or a field value, thus redirecting the source page to an adversary-controlled website.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Functional impact

</td><td>

This remediation enforces validation on the catalog page such that only relative URLs are permitted. Existing links to external web applications will be broken.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Dependencies and prerequisites

</td><td>

None

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