CVE-2020-36665 Artesãos SEOTools TwitterCards.php eachValue redirect

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit an open redirect in the TwitterCards.php file to redirect users to malicious sites, requiring an upgrade to the SEOTools plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-36665?

CVE-2020-36665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artesãos SEOTools, published on 4 Mar 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in Artesãos SEOTools up to 0.17.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function eachValue of the file TwitterCards.php. The manipulation of the argument value leads to open redirect. Upgrading to version 0.17.2 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is ca27cd0edf917e0bc805227013859b8b5a1f01fb. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-222233 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-601

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36665?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including artesaos/seotools. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
artesaos/seotools PackagistAll versions0.17.2
artesaos/seotools PackagistAll versions0.17.2

Products include Seotool Project Seotool.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36665?

Upgrade artesaos/seotools to 0.17.2 or later.

Is CVE-2020-36665 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36665 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w2x5-hpmg-j98h.

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