CVE-2011-4562

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2011-4562 · Published 28/11/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-4562 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting redirection plugin (john godley).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.4%, higher than 84.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
redirection plugin john_godley	`= 2.2.9`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in (1) view/admin/log_item.php and (2) view/admin/log_item_details.php in the Redirection plugin 2.2.9 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Referer HTTP header in a request to a post that does not exist.

References

dotxed.net/2011/websicherheit/lazy-xss-wenn-statistiken-und-loggs-zur-gefahr-werden.html · URL Repurposed
osvdb.org/76092
packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/105573/wpredirection229-xss.txt · Exploit
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset
secunia.com/advisories/46310 · Vendor Advisory
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/changelog
securityfocus.com/bid/49985
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70373

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