301 Redirects - Easy Redirect Manager <= 2.40 - Missing Authorization

2019-12-19 00:00

Chloe Chamberland

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.45

Affected Plugin301 Redirects – Redirect Manager

Affected Version<= 2.40

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2019-19915

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Vulnerability Overview

The "301 Redirects - Easy Redirect Manager" plugin before 2.45 for WordPress allows users (with subscriber or greater access) to modify, delete, or inject redirect rules, and exploit XSS, with the /admin-ajax.php?action=eps_redirect_save and /admin-ajax.php?action=eps_redirect_delete actions. This could result in a loss of site availability, malicious redirects, and user infections. This could also be exploited via CSRF.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.45, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19915 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4fe758c4-027f-4667-a22a-9e859894a40f

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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