CVE-2021-24406

MEDIUMNuclei

wpForo Forum < 1.9.7 - Open Redirect

Title source: CVE List
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2021-24406 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 did not validate the redirect_to parameter in the login form of the forum, leading to an open redirect issue after a successful login. Such issue could allow an attacker to induce a user to use a login URL redirecting to a website under their control and being a replica of the legitimate one, asking them to re-enter their credentials (which will then in the attacker hands)

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
1

Affected products and versions

1
ProductSourceVersion range

wpForo Forum

Browse gVectors Team / wpForo Forum
CVE List1.9.7 to < 1.9.7affected

Nuclei templates

1
ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress wpForo Forum < 1.9.7 - Open RedirectCVSS 6.1

WordPress wpForo Forum < 1.9.7 is susceptible to an open redirect vulnerability because the plugin did not validate the redirect_to parameter in the login form of the forum, leading to an open redirect issue after a successful login.

Impact

An attacker can trick users into visiting a malicious website, leading to potential phishing attacks or the disclosure of sensitive information.

Remediation

Update wpForo Forum to version 1.9.7 or later to fix the open redirect vulnerability.

WeaknessesCWE-601
Authors0x_Akoko
Template tagscve2021cvewpscanwordpressredirectgvectorsvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9284931-555b-4c96-86a3-09e1040b0388 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24406 https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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