Open Redirect

Source Code snippet

  • User-supplied input is being passed to a redirect function.

Goal

Forcing the application to redirect to an attacker-controlled site.

EX: redirecting to Google, if it does then the application is vulnerable.

Open Redirect

Impact

  • Considered a low-impact vulnerability.

  • Can be chained with other bugs such as SSRF, OATH bypass, and other things giving you greater impact.

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