# CVE-2019-5433: Open redirect in Revive Adserver

> Attackers can trick users into clicking malicious links that redirect them to phishing sites, potentially stealing credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 May 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fq53-5rcc-2cj7

## What is CVE-2019-5433?

CVE-2019-5433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 6 May 2019. 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

A user having access to the UI of a Revive Adserver instance could be tricked into clicking on a specifically crafted admin account-switch.php URL that would eventually lead them to another (unsafe) domain, potentially used for stealing credentials or other phishing attacks. This vulnerability was addressed in version 4.2.0.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5433?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5433?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5433 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver

- [CVE-2016-9124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9124/): Security feature bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-9125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9125/): Auth bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-5830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5830/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-9470](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9470/): Other in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0 (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-50741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50741/): Code injection in Adserver (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5433 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 6 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5433/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5433/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5433
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5433
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5433

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5433/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.