CVE-2021-24210 PhastPress < 1.111 - Open Redirect
An attacker can redirect victims to malicious sites via a malformed request in the PhastPress WordPress plugin, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24210?
CVE-2021-24210 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown PhastPress, published on 5 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
There is an open redirect in the PhastPress WordPress plugin before 1.111 that allows an attacker to malform a request to a page with the plugin and then redirect the victim to a malicious page. There is also a support comment from another user one year ago (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/phast-php-used-for-remote-fetch/) that says that the php involved in the request only go to whitelisted pages but it's possible to redirect the victim to any domain.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24210?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kiboit Phastpress.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24210?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24210 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-24210 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24210 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mcw-w8hg-ph3c.