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)
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.
There is a simple way to work around the security issue
force_https to every tenant to falsehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11784
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-601"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-27T20:40:11Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2021-05-27T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
}