URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in bookwyrm
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-601Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-601.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00624 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed bookwyrm (bookwyrm-social): 0.4.5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bookwyrm-social | bookwyrm | before 0.4.5 | 0.4.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- bookwyrm Vendorbookwyrm-social Affected before 0.4.5 Fixed in 0.4.5 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:joinbookwyrm:bookwyrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 0.4.5 | Vulnerable | bookwyrm-social |
- cpe:2.3:a:joinbookwyrm:bookwyrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.4.5 Vulnerable ·bookwyrm-social
Remediation
- Fix · CNA bookwyrm (bookwyrm-social) Fixed in 0.4.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-35953
- 2026-11-04 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More bookwyrm-social Bookwyrm vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-16352 Missing rate limit in Authentication in bookwyrm CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-02451 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-07696 Server-side request forgery in BookWyrm CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-13180 Cross-site Scripting in BookWyrm CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
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