Vulnerability · Published Jan 17, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-24838AnyComment < 0.3.5 - Open Redirect

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity open redirect in AnyComment from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.2%top 17.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The AnyComment WordPress plugin before 0.3.5 has an API endpoint which passes user input via the redirect parameter to the wp_redirect() function without being validated first, leading to an Open Redirect issue, which according to the vendor, is a feature.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown AnyComment 0.3.5 – before 0.3.5

Weakness: CWE-601

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