CVE-2020-36699 Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin <= 5.1.9 - Redirect Security Bypass
Low-privileged attackers can bypass authorization to create malicious redirects, forwarding traffic to external sites.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-36699?
CVE-2020-36699 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in anadnet Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin, published on 7 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on the qppr_save_quick_redirect_ajax and qppr_delete_quick_redirect functions in versions up to, and including, 5.1.9. This makes it possible for low-privileged attackers to interact with the plugin settings and to create a redirect link that would forward all traffic to an external malicious website.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36699?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quick Page\/Post Redirect Project Quick Page\/Post Redirect.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36699?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36699 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-36699 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36699 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in anadnet Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q89h-hm2x-p735.