Advanced Advertising System Open Redirect Vulnerability

Vulnerability

A vulnerability allowing open redirect has been identified in the Advanced Advertising System plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 1.3.1. The issue arises from inadequate validation of the redirect URL provided via the 'redir' parameter. This flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially harmful sites, provided they can successfully manipulate users into taking a specific action.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized redirection of users to malicious websites.

Added: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM
Updated: Jun 9, 2025, 7:46 PM

Vulnerability Rating

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spread
0.0
impact
0.6
exploitability
7.0
remediation
0.0
relevance
0.0
threat
3.2
urgency
2.9
incentive
1.7

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