Vulnerability CVE-2013-4339
Published: 2013-09-12   Modified: 2013-09-13

Description:
WordPress before 3.6.1 does not properly validate URLs before use in an HTTP redirect, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended redirection restrictions via a crafted string.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
WordPress 3.6.1 PHP unserialization & Open Redirect & Privilege Escalation
Andrew Nacin
12.09.2013

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Wordpress -> Wordpress 

 References:
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/09/wordpress-3-6-1/
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25324
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/25323
http://www.osvdb.org/101181
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2757
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/174
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117118.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116832.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116828.html
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.6.1
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