Gitlab is vulnerable to impersonation attacks due to broken links
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Good afternoon team,
#Vulnerability
There's a lot of possible attacks that can be carried out with broken external links as noted in this github post by edoverflow. https://gist.github.com/EdOverflow/24e0bb929169eb948bb7f3d0a2d5528f.
In this particular example I'm impersonating Ricardo who redesigned gitlabhq back in 2011.
#POC
Go to https://about.gitlab.com/2011/11/22/whats-next/ and Ricardo is hyperlinked to his github account. Well somewhere between 2011 and 2017 he decided to delete his profile.
Before - F218161
After - F218162
Ricardo is back with a malicious url that has been shortened using bit.ly. Shortening the link hides that it's malicious.
In conclusion I have taken over an embedded link inside the Gitlab.com domain. Please let me know if you have any questions. I am happy to help and will continue to look for broken links!
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Violation of Secure Design Principles