Let’s talk about open redirect vulnerability

MRunal
3 min readJan 16, 2020

Explanation

Redirects allow web applications to direct users to different pages within the same application or to external sites. Applications utilize redirects to aid in site navigation and, in some cases, to track how users exit the site. Open redirect vulnerabilities occur when a web application redirects clients to any arbitrary URL that can be controlled by an attacker.

An Open Redirection is when a web application or server uses an unvalidated user-submitted link to redirect the user to a given website or page…

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