WordPress Core < 4.8.2 - Open Redirect in Admin Dashboard

2017-09-19 00:00

Yasin Soliman (ysx)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.7.22

Affected CoreWordPress 4.8

Affected Version3.7 – 4.8.1 · 13 branches

CVSS3.5Low

CVECVE-2017-14725

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Vulnerability Overview

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was susceptible to an open redirect attack in wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php and wp-admin/user-edit.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 3.7.22, 3.8.22, 3.9.20, 4.0.19, 4.1.19, 4.2.16, 4.3.12, 4.4.11, 4.5.10, 4.6.7, 4.7.6, 4.8.2 --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')) The web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a redirect.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14725 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76af4656-547b-4daf-9078-8ed2b425d1ca

CVSS Vector

3.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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