CVE-2021-24406 (GCVE-0-2021-24406)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-06 11:03 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28
VLAI
Title
wpForo Forum < 1.9.7 - Open Redirect
Summary
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)
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-601 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
gVectors Team wpForo Forum Affected: 1.9.7 , < 1.9.7 (custom)
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Credits
Hosein_vita
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