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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-15178

Open redirect vulnerability in Gogs before 0.12 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites and conduct phishing attacks via an initial /\ substring in the user/login redirect_to parameter, related to the function isValidRedirect in routes/user/auth.go.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:03 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-15178

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Aug 2018, 00:29 UTC

Open redirect vulnerability in Gogs before 0.12 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites and conduct phishing attacks via an initial /\ substring in the user/login redirect_to parameter, related to the function isValidRedirect in routes/user/auth.go.

osv:CVE-2018-15178
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Open redirect vulnerability in Gogs before 0.12 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites and conduct phishing attacks via an initial /\\ substring in the user/login redirect_to parameter, related to the function isValidRedirect in routes/user/auth.go.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:49.214075640Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/5365",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380839,
  "published_at": "2018-08-08T00:29:02.583+00:00"
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