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Atomicorp WAF Research Note: CVE-2026-48012

Shopware SSO referer trust leading to an arbitrary redirect target

CVE Details

Status: Attack Blocked by Atomicorp
  • Already protected by existing Atomicorp WAF rules
  • Protection status: Understanding Atomicorp WAF Protection Status
  • CVE: CVE-2026-48012
  • Name: Shopware SSO referer trust leading to an arbitrary redirect target
  • Severity: Medium
  • CVSS: 4.3 (v3.1) (Medium)
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • CVSS source: GitHub_M CNA
  • CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    • Attack vector: Network
    • Attack complexity: Low
    • Privileges required: None
    • User interaction: Required
    • Scope: Unchanged
    • Confidentiality impact: None
    • Integrity impact: Low
    • Availability impact: None
  • CWE: CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (‘Open Redirect’)
  • Related CAPEC attack patterns (via MITRE CWE relationships): CAPEC-178
  • Vendor: shopware
  • Vulnerable products: shopware , platform
  • CVE published: 2026-07-23
  • CVE last modified: 2026-07-28
  • EPSS: 0.0027; 19.7th percentile (FIRST )
  • Latest Update: 2026-09-06
  • Selected Rule IDs observed: 344365
  • Matching rules: 1; rules with blocking actions: 1
  • Would-block Rule IDs: 344365
  • Request surfaces inspected: JSON request data, Request URI, Request argument names, Request arguments, Request headers, SOAP request data

Vulnerability Description

Shopware is an open commerce platform. Versions 6.7.3.0 through 6.7.10.0 have an open redirect in Shopware’s public SSO entry point at GET /api/oauth/sso/auth. When the endpoint is reached without the expected SSO session state, the application falls back to the request’s Referer header and uses that value as the redirect destination. In the validated behavior, the server does not restrict that fallback target to same-origin URLs, does not require a relative path, and does not reject dangerous schemes such as javascript:. As a result, an unauthenticated request can turn this endpoint into a reusable redirect primitive whose destination is fully controlled by attacker-supplied request metadata. The security problem is not limited to a harmless navigation mismatch. The endpoint sits under /api/oauth/, which gives the redirect a trustworthy application-controlled origin and makes it suitable for phishing chains, branded redirect abuse, and cases where client software automatically follows redirects issued by a trusted host. The attached evidence also shows that the response is not only an HTTP 302 with a user-controlled Location header. The HTML body contains a matching meta refresh tag and redirect link built from the same attacker-controlled value. In the validated proof, the endpoint redirects to https://attacker.example/poc when that URL is supplied through Referer, and it also reflects javascript:alert(1) into Location and the HTML redirect body without any scheme filtering. This report therefore stays conservative and claims an open redirect with arbitrary redirect targets, while noting that the lack of scheme restrictions makes the behavior materially worse than a same-scheme external redirect. Version 6.7.10.1 fixes the issue.

  1. Maintain the observed Atomicorp protections. Keep your Atomicorp commercial rules current and confirm that the selected observed rules (344365 ) have not been locally disabled. Atomicorp commercial rules are enabled by default. If you use Atomic WAF, review the applicable policy and rule settings.

  2. Apply the vendor’s remediation. WAF protection is defense in depth and does not replace upgrading or following the affected vendor’s guidance.

    • Affected versions: shopware version >= 6.7.3.0, < 6.7.10.1.
    • Affected versions: shopware platform version >= 6.7.3.0, < 6.7.10.1.
    • No specific CNA/vendor solution or workaround is included in the current CVE Record . Review the vendor’s security advisories and supported-release guidance before making changes.

  3. Validate after changes. Confirm rule updates are current, review WAF events for the affected application, and test application behavior after vendor upgrades, mitigations, or local policy changes.

Research Notes

Atomicorp WAF protections are designed around attack techniques and exploit behaviors, allowing existing protections to apply across multiple vulnerabilities without requiring a unique rule for every CVE.

Public Vulnerability References

Test or Research Source

  • Source: Atomicorp AI Research Framework
  • Tags: cve, derived, redirect, waf-probe

Research Note Context

This research note documents exploit-technique analysis associated with this vulnerability and references Atomicorp WAF protections observed during engineering review, testing, or validation activities.

Atomicorp security controls are generally designed to identify and mitigate attack techniques and exploit behaviors rather than individual CVE identifiers. As a result, protections developed for one vulnerability may also apply to related attack variants and future vulnerabilities using similar techniques.

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