Page Builder KingComposer <= 2.9.6 - Open Redirect

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

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

CVE	CVE-2022-0165
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	February 16, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Krzysztof Zając

Description

The Page Builder KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	kingcomposer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 2.9.6
Patched Version

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