Open Redirect in Kiboit Phastpress
CVE-2021-24210
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.
Vulnerability class: Open Redirect
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.031 (87.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Kiboit Phastpress
- Phastpress — versions 1.111
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b3c5412-8699-49e8-b60c-20d2085857fb (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2497610/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-24210?
- CVE-2021-24210 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kiboit Phastpress, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-04-05.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24210?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-24210 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.