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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-13038

mod_auth_mellon through 0.14.2 has an Open Redirect via the login?ReturnTo= substring, as demonstrated by omitting the // after http: in the target URL.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:00 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-13038

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jun 2019, 14:15 UTC

mod_auth_mellon through 0.14.2 has an Open Redirect via the login?ReturnTo= substring, as demonstrated by omitting the // after http: in the target URL.

osv:CVE-2019-13038
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13038",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-13038",
    "summary": "mod_auth_mellon through 0.14.2 has an Open Redirect via the login?ReturnTo= substring, as demonstrated by omitting the // after http: in the target URL.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-13038",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-13038",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-13038"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "7d681177cb23253e1136afd18cb1916f3865554e"
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mod_auth_mellon_project:mod_auth_mellon:*:*:*:*:*:apache:*:*",
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                      },
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v0.14.1",
            "v0.14.0",
            "v0.13.1",
            "v0.13.0",
            "v0.12.0",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.6.0-rc1",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-13038.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:20.535475054Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00010.html",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5E3JVHURJJNDP63CKVX5O5MJAGCQV4K/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XU5GVFZW3C2M4ZBL4F7UP7N24FNUCX4E/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4291-1/",
        "https://github.com/Uninett/mod_auth_mellon/issues/35#issuecomment-503974885",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html"
      ],
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                    "last_affected": "18.10"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "30"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "30"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "31"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "31"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.8"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.8"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-13038",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383572,
  "published_at": "2019-06-29T14:15:09.15+00:00"
}