CVE-2020-11515 (GCVE-0-2020-11515)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-07 16:51 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:35
VLAI
Summary
The Rank Math plugin through 1.0.40.2 for WordPress allows unauthenticated remote attackers to create new URIs (that redirect to an external web site) via the unsecured rankmath/v1/updateRedirection REST API endpoint. In other words, this is not an "Open Redirect" issue; instead, it allows the attacker to create a new URI with an arbitrary name (e.g., the /exampleredirect URI).
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2020-03-31 00:00
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