GHSA-cf57-c578-7jvvMedium
Anubis vulnerable to possible XSS via redir parameter when using subrequest auth mode
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Summary
When using subrequest authentication, Anubis did not perform validation of the redirect URL and redirects user to any URL scheme. While most modern browsers do not allow a redirect to javascript: URLs, it could still trigger dangerous behavior in some cases.
GET https://example.com/.within.website/?redir=javascript:alert() responds with Location: javascript:alert().
Impact
Anybody with a subrequest authentication seems affected. Using javascript: URLs will probably be blocked by most modern browsers, but using custom protocols for third-party applications might still trigger dangerous operations.
Note
This was originally reported by @mbiesiad against Weblate.
🎯 Affected products1
- go/github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis:< 1.23.0