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CVE-2020-36699: Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin <= 5.1.9 - Redirect Security Bypass

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on the qppr_save_quick_redirect_ajax and qppr_delete_quick_redirect functions in versions up to, and including, 5.1.9. This makes it possible for low-privileged attackers to interact with the plugin settings and to create a redirect link that would forward all traffic to an external malicious website.

Affected products

• Quick Page/Post Redirect Project Quick Page/Post Redirect: through 5.1.9

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/authenticated-settings-change-vulnerability-in-wordpress-quick-page-post-redirect-plugin-unpatched/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10198
• https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-quick-page-post-redirect-security-bypass-5-1-9/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/11c4b855-8589-4ad2-b414-566ac8eb4632?source=cve
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/authenticated-settings-change-vulnerability-in-wordpress-quick-page-post-redirect-plugin-unpatched/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10198
• https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-quick-page-post-redirect-security-bypass-5-1-9/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/11c4b855-8589-4ad2-b414-566ac8eb4632?source=cve

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