iThemes Security <= 8.1.4 — Open Redirection via redirect_to_https
CVE-2023-28786Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤8.1.4Update to 8.1.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.7
- CVSS
- 4.7CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:CScope- Changed
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-601 Open Redirect
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection better-wp-security
- Affected≤ 8.1.4
- Patched in8.1.5
Update to 8.1.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 8.1.4. Version 8.1.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 8.1.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to nlpro.
The iThemes Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to open redirection in versions up to, and including, 8.1.4. This is due to the use of wp_redirect instead of wp_safe_redirect in the redirect_to_https function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily redirect users via a forged request granted they can trick a the user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.7
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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