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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2021-24358

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.10 did not validate a redirect parameter on a specifically crafted URL before redirecting the user to it, leading to an Open Redirect issue.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
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  • NONE

CWE-601 - Open Redirect

An open redirect attack employs a URL parameter, HTML refresh tags, or a DOM based location change to exploit the trust of a vulnerable domain to direct the users to a malicious website. The attack could lead to higher severity vulnerabilities such as unauthorized access control, account takeover, XSS, and more.

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  • Published