wpForo Forum <= 1.9.6 - Open Redirect

6.1
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
CVE CVE-2021-24406
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 14, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Hosein_vita

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)

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpforo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.9.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.6
Patched Version
  • 1.9.7

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