Vigil@nce - WordPress Download Manager: open redirect
July 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can deceive the user of WordPress Download Manager, in
order to redirect him to a malicious site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 1/4.
Creation date: 10/07/2017.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Download Manager plugin can be installed on WordPress.
However, the web service accepts to redirect the victim with no
warning, to an external site indicated by the attacker.
An attacker can therefore deceive the user of WordPress Download
Manager, in order to redirect him to a malicious site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Download-Manager-open-redirect-23182