Description

WordPress Plugin wpForo Forum 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 wpForo Forum version 1.9.6 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.9.7 or latest

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9284931-555b-4c96-86a3-09e1040b0388

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpforo/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24406 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