CVE-2012-6499 EXPLOIT
5.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.6% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 10.56% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-01-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| age verification project | age verification |
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin Age Verification 0.4 - Open Redirect | 2012-01-10 |
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin Age Verification 0.4 - 'redirect_to' Open Redirection | 2012-01-10 |
References
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