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CVE-2022-35953: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in bookwyrm

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-601

Description

BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. Some links in BookWyrm may be vulnerable to tabnabbing, a form of phishing that gives attackers an opportunity to redirect a user to a malicious site. The issue was patched in version 0.4.5.

Affected products

• bookwyrm-social bookwyrm: before 0.4.5 — fixed in 0.4.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: bookwyrm-social bookwyrm 0.4.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/security/advisories/GHSA-xq42-mq5w-m24x
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/67ca22bd-19c6-466b-955a-b1ee2da0c575/
• https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/security/advisories/GHSA-xq42-mq5w-m24x
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/67ca22bd-19c6-466b-955a-b1ee2da0c575/

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