CVE-2012-6499 (GCVE-0-2012-6499)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-12 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:14
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Summary
Open redirect vulnerability in age-verification.php in the Age Verification plugin 0.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the redirect_to parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51357 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18350 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.osvdb.org/82584 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
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