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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22873

Revive Adserver before 5.1.0 is vulnerable to open redirects via the `dest`, `oadest`, and/or `ct0` parameters of the lg.php and ck.php delivery scripts. Such open redirects had previously been available by design to allow third party ad servers to track such metrics when delivering ads. However, third party click tracking via redirects is not a viable option anymore, leading to such open redirect functionality being removed and reclassified as a vulnerability.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:39 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-22873

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Jan 2021, 18:16 UTC

Revive Adserver before 5.1.0 is vulnerable to open redirects via the `dest`, `oadest`, and/or `ct0` parameters of the lg.php and ck.php delivery scripts. Such open redirects had previously been available by design to allow third party ad servers to track such metrics when delivering ads. However, third party click tracking via redirects is not a viable option anymore, leading to such open redirect functionality being removed and reclassified as a vulnerability.

osv:CVE-2021-22873
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22873",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-22873",
    "summary": "Revive Adserver before 5.1.0 is vulnerable to open redirects via the `dest`, `oadest`, and/or `ct0` parameters of the lg.php and ck.php delivery scripts. Such open redirects had previously been available by design to allow third party ad servers to track such metrics when delivering ads. However, third party click tracking via redirects is not a viable option anymore, leading to such open redirect functionality being removed and reclassified as a vulnerability.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22873",
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          "versions": [
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:31.197820142Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2021-001/",
        "https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/issues/1068",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1081406"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385480,
  "published_at": "2021-01-26T18:16:19.163+00:00"
}