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Sentence 13

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The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 did not validate the redirect_to parameter in the login form of the forum, leading to an open redirect issue after a successful login. Such issue could allow an attacker to induce a user to use a login URL redirecting to a website under their control and being a replica of the legitimate one, asking them to re-enter their credentials (which will then in the attacker hands)

Actual

Tags:

  • Exploit mechanism: open redirect issue

  • Exploit objective: re-enter their credentials (which will then in the attacker hands)

  • Attack pathway: login URL redirecting to a website under their control

Predicted

Tags:

  • Exploit mechanism: not validating the redirect_to parameter in the login form

  • Exploit objective: induce a user to use a login URL redirecting to a website under their control and being a replica of the legitimate one, asking them to re-enter their credentials

  • Attack pathway: attacker

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