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WordPress English Admin <1.5.2 - Open Redirect

ID: CVE-2021-25111

Severity: medium

Author: akincibor

Tags: cve2021,cve,unauth,wpscan,wp-plugin,redirect,wordpress,wp,english_wordpress_admin_project

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress English Admin plugin before 1.5.2 contains an open redirect vulnerability. The plugin does not validate the admin_custom_language_return_url before redirecting users to it. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2021-25111


info:
  name: WordPress English Admin <1.5.2 - Open Redirect
  author: akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress English Admin plugin before 1.5.2 contains an open redirect vulnerability. The plugin does not validate the admin_custom_language_return_url before redirecting users to it. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, leading to phishing attacks or the execution of other malicious activities.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress English Admin plugin (1.5.2 or higher) to fix the open redirect vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af548fab-96c2-4129-b609-e24aad0b1fc4
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25111
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2021-25111
    cwe-id: CWE-601
    epss-score: 0.00106
    epss-percentile: 0.43227
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:english_wordpress_admin_project:english_wordpress_admin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: english_wordpress_admin_project
    product: english_wordpress_admin
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,unauth,wpscan,wp-plugin,redirect,wordpress,wp,english_wordpress_admin_project


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=heartbeat&admin_custom_language_toggle=1&admin_custom_language_return_url=https://interact.sh"


    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh\/?(\/|[^.].*)?$' # https://regex101.com/r/L403F0/1
# digest: 490a0046304402204a67e55916a5c68a4c25a80a03b441ca3b166d0d17bcc6ac3bf92910d85fdc1c022069c9975bf54d7ebe9cb121693f3147983dce3adc932262779fd7da1ca205ef83:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-25111.yaml"

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