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Saltcorn CVE-2026-42259

| EUVD-2026-28431 MEDIUM
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect) (CWE-601)
2026-05-07 GitHub_M
5.1
CVSS 4.0
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
A
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Source Code Evidence Fetched
May 07, 2026 - 22:00 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
May 07, 2026 - 22:00 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 07, 2026 - 20:22 NVD
5.1 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
May 07, 2026 - 18:54 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
May 07, 2026 - 18:54 nvd
MEDIUM 5.1

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 2 npm packages depend on @saltcorn/server (2 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.5.0-beta.0.

DescriptionNVD

Saltcorn is an extensible, open source, no-code database application builder. Prior to versions 1.4.6, 1.5.6, and 1.6.0-beta.5, Saltcorn validates the post-login dest parameter with a string check that only blocks :/ and //. Because all WHATWG-compliant browsers normalise backslashes (\) to forward slashes (/) for special schemes, a payload such as /\evil.com/path slips through is_relative_url(), is emitted unchanged in the HTTP Location header, and causes the browser to navigate cross-origin to an attacker-controlled domain. The bug is reachable on a default install and only requires a victim who can be tricked into logging in via a crafted Saltcorn URL. This issue has been patched in versions 1.4.6, 1.5.6, and 1.6.0-beta.5.

AnalysisAI

Open redirect in Saltcorn's post-login destination parameter validation allows attackers to redirect authenticated users to attacker-controlled domains via backslash bypass. Versions prior to 1.4.6, 1.5.6, and 1.6.0-beta.5 are vulnerable because the is_relative_url() function only blocks ':/' and '//' but fails to account for WHATWG URL parsing, which normalizes backslashes to forward slashes in special schemes. …

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CVE-2026-42259 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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