CVE-2019-25211

Description

parseWildcardRules in Gin-Gonic CORS middleware before 1.6.0 mishandles a wildcard at the end of an origin string, e.g., https://example.community/* is allowed when the intention is that only https://example.com/* should be allowed, and http://localhost.example.com/* is allowed when the intention is that only http://localhost/* should be allowed.

How to fix CVE-2019-25211

To remediate CVE-2019-25211, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 1.3.1-1+deb11u1 or later
• —upgrade to 1.3.1-1+deb11u1 or later
• —upgrade to 1.6.0 or later
• —upgrade to 1.6.0 or later
• —upgrade to 1.6.0 or later

Is CVE-2019-25211 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (5)

• from 0, < 1.3.1-1+deb11u1
• from 0, < 1.3.1-1+deb11u1
• from 0, < 1.6.0
• from 0, < 1.6.0
• from 0, < 1.6.0

CVSS scores

References (10)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-869c-j7wc-8jqv
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25211
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-25211
• PATCHgithub.com/gin-gonic/gin
• WEB