Open redirect in Affiliate Sales in Google Analytics and other tools plugin for WordPress

1) Open redirect

EUVDB-ID: #VU110195

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12561

CWE-ID: CWE-601 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data in the "afflink" parameter. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary domain.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Affiliate Sales in Google Analytics and other tools by wecantrack.com: 1.4.0 - 1.4.9

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:wecantrack:wecantrack:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wecantrack:wecantrack:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wecantrack:wecantrack:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

External links

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wecantrack/trunk/WecantrackApp.php#L66
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4b205ab-f042-46d9-a331-f18809477384?source=cve

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.