WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2018-17074 Modified

Wordpress Feed Statistics: An open redirect

Wordpress Feed Statistics is affected by an open redirect. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A crafted link can redirect visitors from the trusted site to an attacker-controlled destination.

CVE / CNA score 6.1 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 6.1 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Wordpress Feed Statistics
Plugin slug
wordpress-feed-statistics
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 16, 2018
Weakness
CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

This CVE was published Sep 16, 2018 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Wordpress Feed Statistics to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The Feed Statistics plugin before 4.0 for WordPress has an Open Redirect via the feed-stats-url parameter.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources