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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2020-12666

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

macaron before 1.3.7 has an open redirect in the static handler, as demonstrated by the http://127.0.0.1:4000//example.com/ URL.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-601 - Open Redirect

An open redirect attack employs a URL parameter, HTML refresh tags, or a DOM based location change to exploit the trust of a vulnerable domain to direct the users to a malicious website. The attack could lead to higher severity vulnerabilities such as unauthorized access control, account takeover, XSS, and more.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published