{"slug":"audit-redirects","title":"audit-redirects","summary":"Find open redirects in pracht loaders, middleware, and navigation. The framework rejects unsafe schemes and CRLF at both ends, but a hand-rolled 3xx Response bypasses every guard, and even a guarded redirect to an attacker-chosen origin can phish. Use for \"audit redirects\", \"chec","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-19T21:17:24.822069Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/JoviDeCroock/pracht","stars":99,"forks":5,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T16:43:31Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<p>name: audit-redirects\nversion: 1.1.2\ndescription: |\nFind open redirects in pracht loaders, middleware, and navigation. The framework\nrejects unsafe schemes and CRLF at both ends, but a hand-rolled 3xx Response\nbypasses every guard, and even a guarded redirect to an attacker-chosen origin\ncan phish.\nUse for \"audit redirects\", \"check for open redirects\", \"is my ?redirect= param\nsafe\", \"review login redirect handling\".\nallowed-tools:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bash</li>\n<li>Read</li>\n<li>Grep</li>\n<li>Glob</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h1>Pracht Audit Redirects</h1>\n<p>The classic open-redirect bug: <code>/login?redirect=https://evil.example</code> →\nafter login, the app redirects the user to attacker territory carrying a fresh\nsession.</p>\n<p>What the framework guarantees: the client router drops non-<code>http(s):</code> schemes\nat the navigation boundary, and server-side <code>redirect()</code> /\n<code>buildRedirectResponse()</code> reject non-<code>http(s):</code> schemes and CR/LF injection\nagainst the <code>Location</code> header. What it cannot decide is whether the target\n<em>origin or path</em> is one you trust — and a raw\n<code>new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { location: userInput } })</code>\nbypasses all of those guards entirely.</p>\n<p>Prerequisites: <code>pracht inspect</code> requires a vite config that registers the\npracht plugin.</p>\n<h2>Step 1: Inventory redirect sites</h2>\n<p>Bound the search first — do not grep the whole repo blind:</p>\n<pre><code>pracht inspect routes --json\n</code></pre>\n<p>MCP: when the pracht MCP server is registered (<code>pracht dev-mcp</code>), prefer its\n<code>inspect_routes</code>/<code>inspect_api</code>/<code>inspect_build</code>/<code>doctor</code>/<code>verify</code> tools over\nshelling out.</p>\n<p>The resolved graph gives you each route's <code>file</code>, <code>loaderFile</code>, and\n<code>middleware</code> names (resolve names to files via the <code>defineApp({ middleware })</code>\nmap in the manifest). Grep those files plus the API handler files from\n<code>pracht inspect api --json</code>, and client components, for two distinct classes:</p>\n<p><strong>Class A — guarded sites</strong> (scheme/CRLF-safe, still open-redirect capable):</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Middleware/loaders/handlers returning <code>redirect(...)</code> or\n<code>buildRedirectResponse(...)</code>.</li>\n<li><code>useNavigate()(value)</code> and <code>&lt;a href={value}&gt;</code> where <code>value</code> is dynamic\n(client guard applies).</li>\n<li><code>prefetchRouteState(value)</code> calls with dynamic input.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Class B — unguarded sites</strong> (bypass every framework guard):</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hand-rolled 3xx <code>Response</code>s: <code>new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { location: ... } })</code> or <code>headers.set(\"location\", ...)</code> in loaders,\nmiddleware, or API handlers. With user input these allow not just open\nredirects but also unsafe schemes and header-injection attempts — flag at\nhigher severity.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Step 2: Trace the input</h2>\n<p>For each site, identify whether the redirect target is:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Static</strong> — string literal. Safe.</li>\n<li><strong>Internal-derived</strong> — built from <code>params</code>, <code>route.path</code>, or a closed\nallowlist. Safe if the allowlist is verifiable.</li>\n<li><strong>Request-derived</strong> — read from <code>url.searchParams.get(...)</code>,\n<code>request.headers.get('referer')</code>, request body fields, cookie values, or\nquery parameters. <strong>Suspect.</strong></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Common suspect names: <code>redirect</code>, <code>redirectTo</code>, <code>next</code>, <code>returnTo</code>, <code>continue</code>,\n<code>url</code>, <code>dest</code>, <code>goto</code>.</p>\n<h2>Step 3: Check the gate</h2>\n<p>For each request-derived target, look for one of:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Gate</th>\n<th>Safe?</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Hardcoded allowlist of paths/origins</td>\n<td>Yes</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>new URL(target, base).origin === url.origin</code></td>\n<td>Yes — origin comparison</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>target.startsWith('/')</code> AND <code>!target.startsWith('//')</code></td>\n<td><strong>Bypassable</strong> (<code>/\\evil.example</code>)</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>new URL(target).hostname === expected</code></td>\n<td>Yes if <code>expected</code> is trusted</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No check</td>\n<td><strong>Open redirect</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>target.includes(domain)</code> (substring)</td>\n<td><strong>Bypassable</strong> (<code>evil.com#yourdomain.com</code>)</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Regex without anchors</td>\n<td><strong>Likely bypassable</strong></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Prefix checks are <strong>not</strong> sufficient. <code>//evil.example/path</code> is\nprotocol-relative, and URL parsing turns <code>\\</code> into <code>/</code> and strips tabs and\nnewlines, so <code>/\\evil.example</code> and <code>/\\t/evil.example</code> pass\n<code>startsWith('/') &amp;&amp; !startsWith('//')</code> yet land on another origin. Only an\norigin comparison after <code>new URL(target, url)</code> is a real gate.</p>\n<p>Remember: <code>redirect()</code>'s built-in validation covers scheme and CRLF only — it\nhappily redirects to any well-formed <code>http(s)</code> origin, so Class A sites still\nneed an origin/path gate for request-derived targets.</p>\n<h2>Step 4: Report</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>File:Line</th>\n<th>Class (A/B)</th>\n<th>Source</th>\n<th>Target expression</th>\n<th>Gate</th>\n<th>Severity</th>\n<th>Verdict</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n</table>\n<p>Severity is the primary scale; the verdict is a secondary domain label:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>error</code> / <code>open</code> — request-derived target, no check. A Class B site here is\nthe worst case (no scheme/CRLF guard either) — say so explicitly.</li>\n<li><code>warn</code> / <code>risky</code> — substring/regex check; suggest URL-parse rewrite.</li>\n<li><code>info</code> / <code>safe</code> — static or properly gated. For Class B sites that are\nstatic today, still recommend migrating to <code>redirect()</code> so the scheme/CRLF\nguards apply if the target ever becomes dynamic.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>For each <code>open</code>/<code>risky</code> finding, propose a fix snippet, e.g.:</p>\n<pre><code>function safeRedirectPath(value: unknown, base: URL, fallback: string): string {\n  if (typeof value !== \"string\" || !value.startsWith(\"/\")) return fallback;\n  try {\n    const target = new URL(value, base);\n    return target.origin === base.origin\n      ? `${target.pathname}${target.search}${target.hash}`\n      : fallback;\n  } catch {\n    return fallback;\n  }\n}\n\nreturn redirect(safeRedirectPath(url.searchParams.get(\"redirect\"), url, \"/dashboard\"), {\n  request,\n});\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Step 5: Cross-check with the framework guards</h2>\n<p>Note in the report that pracht drops <code>javascript:</code>, <code>data:</code>, <code>vbscript:</code>,\n<code>blob:</code>, and <code>file:</code> schemes both in the client router (since #122) and in\nserver-side <code>redirect()</code>/<code>buildRedirectResponse()</code> — so a guarded open\nredirect cannot become script execution. But it can still phish (redirect to\na look-alike origin) and leak session/referrer headers, and Class B raw\nResponses get none of this protection.</p>\n<h2>Rules</h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Default to suspicion for any request-derived target.</li>\n<li>Recommend <code>URL</code> parsing over string prefix checks for non-trivial gates.</li>\n<li>Do not trust <code>referer</code> as a gate; it is forgeable and often stripped.</li>\n<li>After-login redirects are the most dangerous — user is authenticated.</li>\n<li>Recommend <code>redirect()</code> over hand-rolled 3xx Responses so the scheme/CRLF\nguards apply.</li>\n<li>Do not auto-fix; surface the gap and propose the patch.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>$ARGUMENTS</p>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":6465,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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