Simple 301 Redirects by BetterLinks - 2.0.0 – 2.0.3 - Update and Retrieve Wildcard Value
CVE-2021-24355

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Simple 301 Redirects By Betterlinks
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 June 2021

What is CVE-2021-24355?

In the Simple 301 Redirects by BetterLinks WordPress plugin before 2.0.4, the lack of capability checks and insufficient nonce check on the AJAX actions, simple301redirects/admin/get_wildcard and simple301redirects/admin/wildcard, made it possible for authenticated users to retrieve and update the wildcard value for redirects.

Affected Version(s)

Simple 301 Redirects by BetterLinks 2.0.0 < 2.0.0*

Simple 301 Redirects by BetterLinks 2.0.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/severe-vulnerabili...
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ce8f9648-30fb-4fb9-894e-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Chloe Chamberland
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