CVE-2019-25211
Publication date 29 June 2024
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| golang-github-gin-contrib-cors | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
9.1 · Critical
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25211
- https://github.com/gin-contrib/cors/pull/57
- https://github.com/gin-contrib/cors/pull/106
- https://github.com/gin-contrib/cors/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0
- https://github.com/gin-contrib/cors/releases/tag/v1.6.0
- https://github.com/gin-contrib/cors/commit/27b723a473efd80d5a498fa9f5933c80204c850d