Academy LMS <= 2.0.10 - Open Redirect

2024-06-21 00:00

Mochamad Sofyan

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.0.11

Affected PluginAcademy LMS

Affected Version<= 2.0.10

CVSS8.3High

CVECVE-2024-37234

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Vulnerability Overview

The Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.10. This is due to insufficient validation on the redirect url supplied. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into performing an action.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.11, or a newer patched version --- 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-2024-37234 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d2380af-2ba7-4f6b-a055-52f400042be4

CVSS Vector

8.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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