CVE-2013-4339

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Published Sep 12, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 7.9% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2757-1	wordpress security update
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4225	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 7.9% (7.864% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 4:38 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Sep 12, 2013, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 4:38 PM
Reserved: Jun 12, 2013, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 12, 2013, 1:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM

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