The Grav API plugin (getgrav/grav-plugin-api, bundled with Grav 2.0's admin-next/API stack) before version 1.0.14 contains an open redirect weakness in SsoController::sanitizeReturnTo(). The function rejects a literal '//' prefix but does not account for browsers normalizing backslashes to slashes in special (http/https) schemes, so a returnTo value such as '/\evil.com' passes the guard and is later resolved by the browser as the protocol-relative URL '//evil.com'. Following a legitimate OAuth login flow, an attacker-supplied returnTo parameter could redirect an authenticated victim to an attacker-controlled site for post-login phishing. Full browser-side exploitability depends on the admin-next SPA's client-side oauth-callback handler and was not independently verified by the reporter.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/grav-api-plugin-open-redirect-via-backslash-bypass
https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-x72c-4jc4-8rh6
Published: 2026-08-18
Updated: 2026-09-08
Base Score: 4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 8.6
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00194