Phishing redirects via double-slash login URLs
Published Aug 26, 2024 · Updated Jan 26, 2026
Open redirect in GNUBOARD6 6.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to send users to an untrusted site after login. The login URL validator accepts scheme-relative values beginning with // because it treats any leading slash as a local path, and the login handler passes the accepted value to RedirectResponse. Exploitation requires a user to follow a crafted login link and authenticate, after which the browser reaches the attacker-chosen host, enabling phishing.
Summary
What happened
Open redirect in GNUBOARD6 6.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to send users to an untrusted site after login. The login URL validator accepts scheme-relative values beginning with // because it treats any leading slash as a local path, and the login handler passes the accepted value to RedirectResponse. Exploitation requires a user to follow a crafted login link and authenticate, after which the browser reaches the attacker-chosen host, enabling phishing.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-39097
- Published
- Aug 26, 2024
- Updated
- Jan 26, 2026
- Vendor
- GNUBOARD
- Product
- GNUBOARD6
- Classifications
- CWE-601, T1566.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 26, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=6.0.4
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