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URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVE-2021-24838

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

The AnyComment WordPress plugin before 0.3.5 has an API endpoint which passes user input via the redirect parameter to the wp_redirect() function without being validated first, leading to an Open Redirect issue, which according to the vendor, is a feature.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • 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