Nokia Maps & Places < 1.6.7 - Open Redirect

2014-01-20 00:00

Puneeth Gowda

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.6.7

Affected PluginNokia Maps & Places

Affected Version< 1.6.7

CVSS6.1Medium

CVECVE-2014-1750

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Vulnerability Overview

Open redirect vulnerability in nokia-mapsplaces.php in the Nokia Maps & Places plugin 1.6.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the href parameter to page/place.html. NOTE: this was originally reported as a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.6.7, 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-2014-1750 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94337b59-6a88-467e-b487-b7b7e4f6f7a0

CVSS Vector

6.1

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

Base

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

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