CVE-2023-27624 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-27624: WordPress Redirect After Login Plugin <= 0.1.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Marcelotorres

Product Redirect After Login

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published June 13, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Marcelotorres Redirect After Login plugin <= 0.1.9 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Redirect After Login plugin for WordPress contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to 0.1.9. An authenticated user with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other users who visit affected pages. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they visit the site.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A malicious admin could steal session tokens, modify site content, or redirect users to phishing pages.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin privileges and the victim must visit a page containing the injected payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 13, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27624 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-27624

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions