GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-w228-rfpx-fhm4 cg vulnerable to an Open Redirect Vulnerability on Referer Header
MEDIUM
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- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- cg
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-601
- Reviewed
- 2024-04-23
Affected packages
• PyPI cg: < 60.2.12 → fixed in 60.2.12
Description
Summary
A vulnerability has been discovered in the handling of the referrer header in the application, which could allow an attacker to conduct open redirects. The issue arises from improper validation of the referrer header in certain conditions. By manipulating the referrer header, an attacker could potentially redirect users to malicious websites, phishing pages, or other dangerous destinations.
PoC
If you change the referer header, you will be redirected to that domain without verifying.
https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/cg/blob/master/cg/server/invoices/views.py#L173
Impact
An attacker exploiting this vulnerability could trick users into visiting malicious websites or disclose sensitive information by redirecting them to unintended destinations. This could lead to various attacks including phishing, malware distribution, or further exploitation of other vulnerabilities.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site weakness
References
- https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/cg/security/advisories/GHSA-w228-rfpx-fhm4 web
- https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/cg/commit/96e6a968a5a3639cc40ad251ad65952e4f38dd25 web
- https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/cg package
- https://github.com/Clinical-Genomics/cg/blob/master/cg/server/invoices/views.py#L173 web