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CVE-2024-49682:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WordPress Simple Membership plugin through version 4.5.3 contains an Open Redirection vulnerability (CVE-2024-49682). This unauthenticated vulnerability was discovered on October 21, 2024, affecting the Simple Membership plugin for WordPress installations (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Open Redirect issue (CWE-601) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.7 (Medium). The vulnerability vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N, indicating that it can be exploited remotely without requiring privileges but does need user interaction (Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to redirect users from a legitimate site to a malicious one, potentially leading to phishing incidents. When users visit what appears to be a legitimate site, they could be redirected to a malicious site without proper validation of the redirect URL (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 4.5.4 of the Simple Membership plugin. Users are advised to update to version 4.5.4 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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