Phishing redirection via unvalidated MFA destination
Published Jun 18, 2026 · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Open redirect in pgAdmin 4 6.0 through 9.15 allows remote attackers to send authenticated users to an external site after MFA. The MFA validate and register endpoints redirect to the user-controlled next parameter without confirming that its destination shares the pgAdmin request origin. Exploitation requires an authenticated victim to follow a crafted link and complete MFA; the result is redirection to an attacker-controlled host for phishing, not access to pgAdmin or database data.
Summary
What happened
Open redirect in pgAdmin 4 6.0 through 9.15 allows remote attackers to send authenticated users to an external site after MFA. The MFA validate and register endpoints redirect to the user-controlled next parameter without confirming that its destination shares the pgAdmin request origin. Exploitation requires an authenticated victim to follow a crafted link and complete MFA; the result is redirection to an attacker-controlled host for phishing, not access to pgAdmin or database data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-12049
- Published
- Jun 18, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 18, 2026
- Vendor
- pgAdmin Development Team
- Product
- pgAdmin 4
- Classifications
- CWE-601, T1566.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=6.0 <9.16
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Crafted MFA next-parameter redirect URLproof of concept · demonstrated
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