Open redirect in Advanced Advertising System plugin for WordPress



Risk Medium
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2025-3433
CWE-ID CWE-601
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Advanced Advertising System
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor Smartdevth

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Open redirect

EUVDB-ID: #VU111883

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-2025-3433

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 "redir" 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

Advanced Advertising System: 1.3 - 1.3.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-advertising-system/trunk/shortcode.php#L165
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72a56589-9dc0-47a7-bb68-e31f84a639ee?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.



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