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medium 5.8

CVE-2012-6499 json

Open redirect vulnerability in age-verification.php in the Age Verification plugin 0.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to…

published 2013-01-12 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-6349

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.6%
EPSS 10.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-36540)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-36540 WordPress Plugin Age Verification 0.4 - 'redirect_to' Open Redirection webapps, 2012-01-10
  • EDB-18350 WordPress Plugin Age Verification 0.4 - Open Redirect webapps, 2012-01-10
  • Nuclei template WordPress Plugin Age Verification v0.4 - Open Redirect nuclei detection template
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51357 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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