AccessPress Anonymous Post <= 2.8.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Redirect

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2022-4946
CVSS	Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published	May 11, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	WPScanTeam

Description

The AccessPress Anonymous Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Redirect in versions up to, and including, 2.8.4. This is due to insufficient validation on one of the attributes for one of its shortcodes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access, to redirect users to potentially malicious sites.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	accesspress-anonymous-post (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 2.8.4
Patched Version

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