CVE-2022-25295 Open Redirect

What is CVE-2022-25295?

CVE-2022-25295 is a medium-severity vulnerability in github.com/gophish/gophish, published on 11 Sep 2022. 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

This affects the package github.com/gophish/gophish before 0.12.0. The Open Redirect vulnerability exists in the next query parameter. The application uses url.Parse(r.FormValue("next")) to extract path and eventually redirect user to a relative URL, but if next parameter starts with multiple backslashes like \\\\\\example.com, browser will redirect user to http://example.com.

Weakness: CWE-601

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25295?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/gophish/gophish. It affects 1 product.

Products include Getgophish Gophish.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25295?

Upgrade github.com/gophish/gophish to 0.12.0 or later.

Is CVE-2022-25295 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25295 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in github.com/gophish/gophish

• CVE-2020-24707 Other in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2025-70963 Gophish is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control High 7.6
• CVE-2022-45003 Gophish vulnerable to Denial of Service via crafted payload involving autofocus High 7.5
• CVE-2020-24713 Security feature bypass in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2020-24711 Cross-site request forgery in n/a Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hvw3-p9px-gpc9, GO-2022-0987.