Description
Open redirect vulnerability in age-verification.php in the Age Verification plugin 0.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the redirect_to parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 2
- WordPress Plugin Age Verification 0.4 - Open Redirect EDB-18350 · webapps · Jan 10, 2012 · verified
- WordPress Plugin Age Verification 0.4 - 'redirect_to' Open Redirection EDB-36540 · webapps · Jan 10, 2012 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- WordPress Plugin Age Verification v0.4 - Open Redirect http/cves/2012/CVE-2012-6499.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.