CVE-2020-15234: Redirect URL matching ignores character casing
6.1
CVSS Score
3.1
Basic Information
CVE ID
GHSA ID
EPSS Score
0.48761%
CWE
Published
5/24/2021
Updated
2/1/2023
KEV Status
No
Technology
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Technical Details
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Package Name | Ecosystem | Vulnerable Versions | First Patched Version |
---|---|---|---|
github.com/ory/fosite | go | < 0.34.1 | 0.34.1 |
Vulnerability Intelligence
Miggo AI
Root Cause Analysis
The vulnerability stemmed from two key issues in URL validation: 1) Case-insensitive comparison via strings.ToLower
in isMatchingRedirectURI
's main check, and 2) Insufficient validation in isLoopbackURI
that didn't match hostnames exactly or verify query parameters. The commit replaced strings.ToLower
with direct string comparison and renamed/rewrote isLoopbackURI
as isMatchingAsLoopback
with stricter checks, confirming these were the vulnerable functions. Test cases removing case variation validations further support this analysis.