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CWE-601 (指向未可信站点的URL重定向(开放重定向)) — Vulnerability Class 722

722 vulnerabilities classified as CWE-601 (指向未可信站点的URL重定向(开放重定向)). AI Chinese analysis included.

CWE-601 represents a critical web application vulnerability where the software accepts user-controlled input to specify a redirect destination without adequate validation. Attackers typically exploit this weakness by crafting malicious URLs that redirect victims to untrusted, phishing sites, often leveraging the trust associated with the legitimate domain to bypass security warnings. This social engineering tactic facilitates credential theft, malware distribution, or session hijacking. To mitigate this risk, developers must implement strict validation mechanisms, such as maintaining an allowlist of permitted domains or verifying that redirect parameters originate from the same origin. Additionally, using relative paths instead of absolute URLs can significantly reduce the attack surface. By ensuring that all redirection targets are explicitly trusted and verified before processing, organizations can prevent unauthorized navigation and protect users from deceptive external links.

MITRE CWE Description
The web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a redirect.
Common Consequences (2)
Access ControlBypass Protection Mechanism, Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
The user may be redirected to an untrusted page that contains malware which may then compromise the user's system. In some cases, an open redirect can also enable the immediate download of a file without the user's permission, because the r…
Access Control, Confidentiality, OtherBypass Protection Mechanism, Gain Privileges or Assume Identity, Other
By modifying the URL value to a malicious site, an attacker may successfully launch a phishing scam. The user may be subjected to phishing attacks by being redirected to an untrusted page. The phishing attack may point to an attacker controlled web page that appears to be a trusted web site. The phi…
Mitigations (5)
ImplementationAssume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does. When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range…
Architecture and DesignUse an intermediate disclaimer page that provides the user with a clear warning that they are leaving the current site. Implement a long timeout before the redirect occurs, or force the user to click on the link. Be careful to avoid XSS problems (CWE-79) when generating the disclaimer page.
Architecture and DesignWhen the set of acceptable objects, such as filenames or URLs, is limited or known, create a mapping from a set of fixed input values (such as numeric IDs) to the actual filenames or URLs, and reject all other inputs. For example, ID 1 could map to "/login.asp" and ID 2 could map to "http://www.example.com/". Features such as the ESAPI AccessReferenceMap [REF-45] provide this capability.
Architecture and DesignEnsure that no externally-supplied requests are honored by requiring that all redirect requests include a unique nonce generated by the application [REF-483]. Be sure that the nonce is not predictable (CWE-330).
Architecture and Design, ImplementationUnderstand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide data to the application. Remember that such inputs may be obtained indirectly throug…
Examples (2)
The following code obtains a URL from the query string and then redirects the user to that URL.
$redirect_url = $_GET['url']; header("Location: " . $redirect_url);
Bad · PHP
http://example.com/example.php?url=http://malicious.example.com
Attack
The following code is a Java servlet that will receive a GET request with a url parameter in the request to redirect the browser to the address specified in the url parameter. The servlet will retrieve the url parameter value from the request and send a response to redirect the browser to the url address.
public class RedirectServlet extends HttpServlet { protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { String query = request.getQueryString(); if (query.contains("url")) { String url = request.getParameter("url"); response.sendRedirect(url); } } }
Bad · Java
<a href="http://bank.example.com/redirect?url=http://attacker.example.net">Click here to log in</a>
Attack · HTML
CVE IDTitleCVSSSeverityPublished
CVE-2021-32956 Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 输入验证错误漏洞 — Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 6.1 -2021-06-18
CVE-2021-24358 The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder < 4.1.10 - Open Redirect — The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder 6.1 -2021-06-14
CVE-2021-22903 Rails Action Pack 输入验证错误漏洞 — https://github.com/rails/rails 6.1 -2021-06-11
CVE-2021-1525 Cisco Webex Meetings and Webex Meetings Server File Redirect Vulnerability — Cisco WebEx Meetings Server 4.7 Medium2021-06-04
CVE-2021-32645 Open Redirect in tenancy — multi-tenant 6.1 -2021-05-27
CVE-2021-1358 Cisco Finesse Open Redirect Vulnerability — Cisco Unified Contact Center Express 4.7 Medium2021-05-22
CVE-2021-29622 Arbitrary redirects under /new endpoint — prometheus 6.5 Medium2021-05-19
CVE-2021-32618 Open Redirect Vulnerability — flask-security 3.1 Low2021-05-17
CVE-2021-24288 AcyMailing < 7.5.0 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect — Newsletter via SMTP, Sendinblue, Sendgrid, Mailgun - AcyMailing SMTP Newsletter 6.1 -2021-05-17
CVE-2021-1397 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Open Redirect Vulnerability — Cisco Unified Computing System (Standalone) 4.7 Medium2021-05-06
CVE-2021-28125 Apache Superset Open Redirect — Apache Superset 6.1 -2021-04-27
CVE-2021-29456 Authelia allows open redirects on the logout endpoint — authelia 5.7 Medium2021-04-21
CVE-2021-21392 Open redirect via transitional IPv6 addresses on dual-stack networks — synapse 6.3 Medium2021-04-12
CVE-2021-24210 PhastPress < 1.111 - Open Redirect — PhastPress 6.1 -2021-04-05
CVE-2021-24165 Ninja Forms < 3.4.34 - Administrator Open Redirect — Ninja Forms Contact Form – The Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress 6.1 -2021-04-05
CVE-2021-23888 McAfee ePO unvalidated URL redirect vulnerability — McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 6.3 Medium2021-03-26
CVE-2020-12483 AppStore Remote Download and Installation Vulnerability — appstore 8.2 High2021-03-23
CVE-2021-21377 Open Redirect in OMERO.web — omero-web 4.8 Medium2021-03-23
CVE-2021-21338 Open Redirection in Login Handling — TYPO3.CMS 4.7 Medium2021-03-23
CVE-2019-14831 Moodle 输入验证错误漏洞 — Moodle 6.1 -2021-03-19
CVE-2019-14830 Moodle 输入验证错误漏洞 — Moodle 6.1 -2021-03-19
CVE-2021-21337 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in Products.PluggableAuthService — Products.PluggableAuthService 5.7 Medium2021-03-08
CVE-2021-21354 Open redirect in pollbot — PollBot 7.4 High2021-03-08
CVE-2021-21273 Open redirects on some federation and push requests — synapse 3.1 Low2021-02-26
CVE-2021-21330 Open redirect vulnerability in aiohttp — aiohttp 3.1 Low2021-02-26
CVE-2021-22881 Rails Action Pack 输入验证错误漏洞 — https://github.com/rails/rails 6.1 -2021-02-11
CVE-2020-13565 Sourceforge PhpGACL 输入验证错误漏洞 — phpGACL 6.1 -2021-02-10
CVE-2021-21291 Subdomain checking of whitelisted domains could allow unintended redirects — oauth2-proxy 4.7 Medium2021-02-02
CVE-2020-1723 Red Hat Mobile Aplication Platform 输入验证错误漏洞 — Keycloak Gatekeeper 6.1 -2021-01-28
CVE-2021-22873 Revive Adserver 输入验证错误漏洞 — https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver 6.1 -2021-01-21

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-601 (指向未可信站点的URL重定向(开放重定向)) represent 722 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.