CVE-2020-15233
OAuth2 Redirect URL validity does not respect query parameters and character casing for loopback addresses
ORY Fosite is a security first OAuth2 & OpenID Connect framework for Go. In Fosite from version 0.30.2 and before version 0.34.1, there is an issue in which an an attacker can override the registered redirect URL by performing an OAuth flow and requesting a redirect URL that is to the loopback adapter. Attackers can provide both custom URL query parameters to their loopback redirect URL, as well as actually overriding the host of the registered redirect URL. These attacks are only applicable in scenarios where the attacker has access over the loopback interface. This vulnerability has been patched in ORY Fosite v0.34.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.1
OAuth2 Redirect URL validity does not respect query parameters and character casing for loopback addresses
ORY Fosite is a security first OAuth2 & OpenID Connect framework for Go. In Fosite from version 0.30.2 and before version 0.34.1, there is an issue in which an an attacker can override the registered redirect URL by performing an OAuth flow and requesting a redirect URL that is to the loopback adapter. Attackers can provide both custom URL query parameters to their loopback redirect URL, as well as actually overriding the host of the registered redirect URL. These attacks are only applicable in scenarios where the attacker has access over the loopback interface. This vulnerability has been patched in ORY Fosite v0.34.1.
- Record
CVE-2020-15233- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1179
6.1
ORY Fosite is a security first OAuth2 & OpenID Connect framework for Go. In Fosite from version 0.30.2 and before version 0.34.1, there is an issue in which an an attacker can override the registered redirect URL by performing an OAuth flow and requesting a redirect URL that is to the loopback adapter. Attackers can provide both custom URL query parameters to their loopback redirect URL, as well as actually overriding the host of the registered redirect URL. These attacks are only applicable in scenarios where the attacker has access over the loopback interface. This vulnerability has been patched in ORY Fosite v0.34.1.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1179- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rfq3-w54c-f9q5
5.5
OAuth2 Redirect URL validity does not respect query parameters and character casing for loopback addresses
Impact
fosite#400 (released as v0.30.2) introduced a new feature for handling redirect URLs pointing to loopback interfaces (rfc8252#section-7.3). As part of that change new behavior was introduced which failed to respect the redirect URL's (only for loopback interfaces!) query parameters
- Registering a client with allowed redirect URL
http://127.0.0.1/callback - Performing OAuth2 flow and requesting redirect URL
http://127.0.0.1/callback?bar=foo - Instead of an error, the browser is redirected to
http://127.0.0.1/callback?bar=foowith a potentially successful OAuth2 response.
as well as the host parameter (as long as the host is a loopback interface):
- Registering a client with allowed redirect URL
https://example.com/callback - Performing OAuth2 flow and requesting redirect URL
http://127.0.0.1/callback - Instead of an error, the browser is redirected to
http://127.0.0.1/callbackwith a potentially successful OAuth2 response.
These bugs are only applicable in scenarios where the attacker has control over the loopback interface (localhost, 127.0.0.1, [::1]) where the browser performing the OAuth2 flow is running.
- Record
GHSA-rfq3-w54c-f9q5- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.1
ORY Fosite is a security first OAuth2 & OpenID Connect framework for Go. In Fosite from version 0.30.2 and before version 0.34.1, there is an issue in which an an attacker can override the registered redirect URL by performing an OAuth flow and requesting a redirect URL that is to the loopback adapter. Attackers can provide both custom URL query parameters to their loopback redirect URL, as well as actually overriding the host of the registered redirect URL. These attacks are only applicable in scenarios where the attacker has access over the loopback interface. This vulnerability has been patched in ORY Fosite v0.34.1.
- Record
CVE-2020-15233- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.8
ORY Fosite is a security first OAuth2 & OpenID Connect framework for Go. In Fosite from version 0.30.2 and before version 0.34.1, there is an issue in which an an attacker can override the registered redirect URL by performing an OAuth flow and requesting a redirect URL that is to the loopback adapter. Attackers can provide both custom URL query parameters to their loopback redirect URL, as well as actually overriding the host of the registered redirect URL. These attacks are only applicable in scenarios where the attacker has access over the loopback interface. This vulnerability has been patched in ORY Fosite v0.34.1.
- Record
CVE-2020-15233- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-rfq3-w54c-f9q5
6.1
OAuth2 Redirect URL validity does not respect query parameters and character casing for loopback addresses
Impact
fosite#400 (released as v0.30.2) introduced a new feature for handling redirect URLs pointing to loopback interfaces (rfc8252#section-7.3). As part of that change new behavior was introduced which failed to respect the redirect URL's (only for loopback interfaces!) query parameters
- Registering a client with allowed redirect URL
http://127.0.0.1/callback - Performing OAuth2 flow and requesting redirect URL
http://127.0.0.1/callback?bar=foo - Instead of an error, the browser is redirected to
http://127.0.0.1/callback?bar=foowith a potentially successful OAuth2 response.
as well as the host parameter (as long as the host is a loopback interface):
- Registering a client with allowed redirect URL
https://example.com/callback - Performing OAuth2 flow and requesting redirect URL
http://127.0.0.1/callback - Instead of an error, the browser is redirected to
http://127.0.0.1/callbackwith a potentially successful OAuth2 response.
These bugs are only applicable in scenarios where the attacker has control over the loopback interface (localhost, 127.0.0.1, [::1]) where the browser performing the OAuth2 flow is running.
- Record
GHSA-rfq3-w54c-f9q5- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/ory/fositeGo |
0.30.3 up to 0.34.1 | 0.34.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-15233 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Ory Fosite, published October 2, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. Fixed in github.com/ory/fosite 0.34.1.