Description

WordPress Plugin The Events Calendar is prone to an open redirect vulnerability because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin The Events Calendar version 4.1.1 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 4.1.1.1 or latest

References

https://github.com/moderntribe/the-events-calendar/commit/9b945d4c4df8c4f3fa35726aa64bbf6c08b9e3a9#diff-eb6b6c90251ab33cee784713c451e6d8R314

https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/changelog/

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-601 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Url Redirection