English WordPress Admin <= 1.5.1.1 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect

2022-04-08 00:00

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.5.2

Affected PluginEnglish WordPress Admin

Affected Version<= 1.5.1.1

CVSS7.2High

CVECVE-2021-25111

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Vulnerability Overview

The English WordPress Admin WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate the admin_custom_language_return_url before redirecting users to it, leading to an open redirect issue

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.2, 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-2021-25111 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1bd007fd-eee9-4c3c-b509-63e180e3fd28

CVSS Vector

7.2

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

Base

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

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