CVE-2024-1227
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 · uneditedAn open redirect vulnerability, the exploitation of which could allow an attacker to create a custom URL and redirect a legitimate page to a malicious site.
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 · moderate confidenceAn open redirect vulnerability allows attackers to craft malicious URLs that appear to originate from a legitimate site but redirect users to an attacker-controlled domain. The vulnerability likely stems from insufficient validation of redirect parameters, enabling attackers to bypass trust assumptions users place on legitimate-looking URLs.
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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
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify redirect-enabled parameters in your applicationSearch your codebase for common redirect parameter names such as 'redirect', 'url', 'next', 'dest', 'target', 'goto', 'return', 'continue', or 'callback. Review HTTP request handling logic for where these parameters are processed.Affected if The application uses URL parameters to redirect users without validating that the target is an internal relative path or whitelisted domain.
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Locate redirect handling codeFind the server-side code that processes the redirect parameters identified above. This is typically in controllers, middleware, or utility functions that handle HTTP responses with 'Location' headers or client-side window.location assignments.Affected if The redirect logic accepts full URLs (including protocols like http:// or https://) and does not restrict targets to relative paths within the application.
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Review validation logic for redirect targetsExamine the redirect handling code for any validation checks. Look for code that validates the redirect target against a whitelist, rejects absolute URLs, or restricts to relative paths.Affected if No validation exists, or validation only checks for the presence of the parameter without verifying the target domain or path is trusted.
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Test for open redirect vulnerabilityCraft test URLs using your application's redirect parameters with an external domain as the value (e.g., yourapp.com?redirect=https://attacker.com). Submit these requests and observe if the application redirects to the external domain.Affected if The application redirects to the attacker-controlled domain specified in the redirect parameter.
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Check configuration files for redirect rulesReview application configuration files, routing definitions, and security middleware for any redirect-related settings or whitelists that control allowed redirect targets.Affected if No whitelist of allowed redirect domains is configured, or the whitelist is empty or overly permissive.
Your environment is affected if the application processes redirect parameters that allow external URLs without strict validation against a whitelist of trusted domains.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict validation of redirect targets, preferably using a whitelist of allowed domains or restricting redirects to relative paths within the application.
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