CVE-2018-15178 Open Redirect

What is CVE-2018-15178?

CVE-2018-15178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Open redirect vulnerability in Gogs before 0.12 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites and conduct phishing attacks via an initial /\ substring in the user/login redirect_to parameter, related to the function isValidRedirect in routes/user/auth.go.

Weakness: CWE-601

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15178?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including gogs.io/gogs. It affects 1 product.

Products include Gogs Gogs.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15178?

Upgrade gogs.io/gogs to 0.12.0 or later.

Is CVE-2018-15178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2025-8110 Gogs Path Traversal Exploited High 8.7
• CVE-2024-56731 Gogs deletion of internal files allows remote command execution Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-1884 Remote Command Execution in gogs/gogs Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-1986 OS Command Injection in gogs/gogs Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-1992 Path Traversal in gogs/gogs Critical 10.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-cpgw-2wxr-pww3, GO-2022-0822.