GHSA-XXHQ-69MF-W8CR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-23 16:42 – Updated: 2026-06-23 16:42
VLAI
Summary
Gogs has an Open Redirect via redirect_to
Details

Summary

An open redirect vulnerability exists in Gogs where attacker-controlled redirect_to parameters can bypass validation, allowing redirection to arbitrary external sites.

Details

All redirects in Gogs that are validated via the IsSameSite function are vulnerable:

func IsSameSite(url string) bool {
    return len(url) >= 2 && url[0] == '/' && url[1] != '/' && url[1] != '\\'
}

The function only inspects the first two characters of the URL string. This check fails to account for directory traversal sequences followed by backslashes. For example:

/a/../\example.com

The IsSameSite function checks the input supplied to the redirect_to query parameter value /a/../\example.com and considers it valid.

Because web browsers normalize backslashes \ to forward slashes /, the normalized URL becomes //example.com.

The normalized URL becomes:

//example.com

Resulting in a cross-origin redirect.

This affects all endpoints using the redirect_to query parameter, including login and other post-action flows.

PoC

  1. An attacker can provide a user with a link to login to Gogs with a redirect_to query parameter that redirects a user to a site the attacker wants them to visit:
http://192.168.236.132:3000/user/login?redirect_to=/a/../\example.com

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  1. After the user successfully logs in, they would be redirected to the site an attacker wants them to visit:

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Impact

  • Phishing: Attackers can use trusted domain links to redirect victims to credential-harvesting pages
  • OAuth/SSO Token Theft: In authentication flows, authorization codes or tokens may leak via redirect
  • Referer Leakage: Sensitive URL parameters may be exposed to attacker domains via the Referer header
  • Cache Poisoning: In deployments with shared caches, malicious redirects may be cached and served to other users
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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    {
      "database_specific": {
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      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "gogs.io/gogs"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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              "fixed": "0.14.3"
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-52802"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-601"
    ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-23T16:42:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\nAn open redirect vulnerability exists in Gogs where attacker-controlled `redirect_to` parameters can bypass validation, allowing redirection to arbitrary external sites.\n\n\n### Details\nAll redirects in Gogs that are validated via the `IsSameSite` function are vulnerable:\n```go\nfunc IsSameSite(url string) bool {\n    return len(url) \u003e= 2 \u0026\u0026 url[0] == \u0027/\u0027 \u0026\u0026 url[1] != \u0027/\u0027 \u0026\u0026 url[1] != \u0027\\\\\u0027\n}\n```\n\nThe function only inspects the first two characters of the URL string. This check fails to account for directory traversal sequences followed by backslashes. For example:\n```\n/a/../\\example.com\n```\n\nThe `IsSameSite` function checks the input supplied to the `redirect_to` query parameter value `/a/../\\example.com` and considers it valid.\n\nBecause web browsers normalize backslashes `\\` to forward slashes `/`, the normalized URL becomes `//example.com`.\n\nThe normalized URL becomes:\n```\n//example.com\n```\n\nResulting in a cross-origin redirect.\n\nThis affects all endpoints using the `redirect_to` query parameter, including login and other post-action flows.\n\n\n### PoC\n\n1. An attacker can provide a user with a link to login to Gogs with a `redirect_to` query parameter that redirects a user to a site the attacker wants them to visit:\n```\nhttp://192.168.236.132:3000/user/login?redirect_to=/a/../\\example.com\n```\n\n\u003cimg width=\"1339\" height=\"536\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c2a13b8-f0b7-42c2-a223-6f0ebf083589\" /\u003e  \n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n2. After the user successfully logs in, they would be redirected to the site an attacker wants them to visit:\n\n\u003cimg width=\"1066\" height=\"463\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1726a3d9-6705-43cc-bdd2-90aad105d021\" /\u003e\n\n\u003cimg width=\"1097\" height=\"396\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/376052f5-0e00-4d14-a548-fa75a6269530\" /\u003e\n\n\n### Impact\n* Phishing: Attackers can use trusted domain links to redirect victims to credential-harvesting pages\n* OAuth/SSO Token Theft: In authentication flows, authorization codes or tokens may leak via redirect\n* Referer Leakage: Sensitive URL parameters may be exposed to attacker domains via the Referer header\n* Cache Poisoning: In deployments with shared caches, malicious redirects may be cached and served to other users",
  "id": "GHSA-xxhq-69mf-w8cr",
  "modified": "2026-06-23T16:42:02Z",
  "published": "2026-06-23T16:42:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-xxhq-69mf-w8cr"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/8322"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/c5da9631dc75f692f313373ae229c4d47ba6517f"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/releases/tag/v0.14.3"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Gogs has an Open Redirect via redirect_to"
}


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