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Medium Severity

Open redirect: business.google.com website_shared URL Param

Description

Detects messages containing an open redirect in business.google.com's website_shared/launch_bw.html endpoint with the 'f' parameter. This has been exploited in phishing campaigns to redirect users to malicious sites.

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Created Apr 28th, 2025 • Last updated Jan 12th, 2026
Source
type.inbound
and any(body.links,
        .href_url.domain.domain == "business.google.com"
        and strings.icontains(.href_url.path, '/website_shared/launch_bw.html')
        and strings.icontains(.href_url.query_params, 'f=')
        // Make sure the redirect is not going back to google.com
        and not regex.icontains(.href_url.query_params,
                                'f=(?:https?(?:%3a|:))?(?:%2f|\/){2}[^&]*google\.com(?:\&|\/|$|%2f)'
        )
)
// Exclude legitimate Google domains as senders
and not regex.icontains(sender.email.domain.root_domain, '^google')

// negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
and (
  (
    sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
    and not headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
  )
  or sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
)
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