Open redirect at https://confluence.external-share.com/

Description

Below is the issue as described by a bugcrowd user

I found a vulnerability on the External Share for Confluence where the redirect= parameter can point to any website like http://evil.com . As an attacker I can direct the victim to the malicious, malware or phishing website.

NOTE

Domain https://confluence.external-share.com/  its from the apps, when you create external share you will get the domain.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Go to https://confluence.external-share.com/active-user-session-check?uuid=xxxs&redirect=https://evil.com

  2. You will redirect to http://evil.com

Impact

Open redirection attacks are most commonly used to support phishing attacks, or redirect users to malicious websites.

What to verify:

  • The redirect parameter on /active-user-session-check no longer allows redirection to external or untrusted hosts (e.g. redirect=https://evil.com should fallback to the application's main page).

  • Redirection to the application's own domain works correctly.

  • Redirection to a configured custom domain works correctly.

  • Password-protected shares correctly redirect after successful authentication.

Activity

Andrzej Kaliciecki 19 March 2026, 12:04

Confirmed fixed in QA env