Impact
In some situations, it is possible to have open redirects where users can be redirected from your site to any other site using a specially crafted URL.
This is only the case for installations where the default Hostname Identification is used and the environment uses tenants that have force_https set to true (default: false)
Patches
Version 5.7.2 contains the relevant patches to fix this bug. Stripping the URL from special characters to prevent specially crafted URL's from being redirected to.
Workarounds
There is a simple way to work around the security issue
- Set the
force_https to every tenant to false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11784
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Impact
In some situations, it is possible to have open redirects where users can be redirected from your site to any other site using a specially crafted URL.
This is only the case for installations where the default Hostname Identification is used and the environment uses tenants that have
force_httpsset totrue(default:false)Patches
Version 5.7.2 contains the relevant patches to fix this bug. Stripping the URL from special characters to prevent specially crafted URL's from being redirected to.
Workarounds
There is a simple way to work around the security issue
force_httpsto every tenant tofalseReferences
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11784
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: