Redirection <= 3.6.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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

CVE	Not available
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	November 14, 2018
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	RIPS Technologies

Description

The Redirection plugin suffers from a critical Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability that allows remote attackers to create a file on the target server and execute arbitrary code. The attack requires an administrator visit a malicious website set up by the attacker, but does not require more interaction nor do they have to click on anything on the malicious website in order to trigger the exploit.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	redirection (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.6.3
Patched Version	3.6.4

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