CVE-2021-24406: The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 did not validate the redirect_to parameter in the login form of the forum, leading to an open redirect issue…

PriorityP339medium6.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

3.38%

87.3th percentile

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 did not validate the redirect_to parameter in the login form of the forum, leading to an open redirect issue after a successful login. Such issue could allow an attacker to induce a user to use a login URL redirecting to a website under their control and being a replica of the legitimate one, asking them to re-enter their credentials (which will then in the attacker hands)

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
gvectors	wpforo_forum	< 1.9.7	1.9.7
gvectors_team	wpforo_forum	>= 1.9.7 < 1.9.7	1.9.7

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.05.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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