CVE-2025-14451
📋 TL;DR
The Solutions Ad Manager WordPress plugin has an open redirect vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to malicious websites. This affects all versions up to 1.0.0 when the plugin is installed on WordPress sites. Attackers can exploit this by tricking users into clicking specially crafted links.
💻 Affected Systems
- Solutions Ad Manager WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Users are redirected to phishing sites that steal credentials or deliver malware, leading to account compromise or system infection.
Likely Case
Attackers use redirects for phishing campaigns, credential harvesting, or driving traffic to malicious/advertising sites.
If Mitigated
With proper user awareness training and web filtering, impact is limited to failed phishing attempts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Simple URL manipulation required. No authentication needed. Weaponization likely due to low complexity and phishing utility.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/solutions-ad-manager/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Remove the Solutions Ad Manager plugin from WordPress. 2. Delete plugin files from wp-content/plugins/solutions-ad-manager/. 3. Find alternative ad management solution.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allDeactivate the vulnerable plugin in WordPress admin panel
wp plugin deactivate solutions-ad-manager
Web Application Firewall Rule
allBlock requests containing the vulnerable parameter
Block HTTP requests containing 'sam-redirect-to' parameter
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict Content Security Policy (CSP) to restrict redirect destinations
- Deploy web application firewall with open redirect protection rules
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins for Solutions Ad Manager version 1.0.0 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get solutions-ad-manager --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin is removed from wp-content/plugins directory and not listed in WordPress plugins📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP requests with 'sam-redirect-to' parameter containing external domains
- Multiple redirect responses from plugin endpoints
Network Indicators:
- 301/302 redirects from plugin URLs to unexpected external domains
SIEM Query:
http.url:*sam-redirect-to* AND http.status_code:302🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/solutions-ad-manager/tags/1.0.0/public/class-solutions-ad-manager-public.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/solutions-ad-manager/trunk/public/class-solutions-ad-manager-public.php#L30
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/696495c5-c8f8-4790-af89-1ee911767b1b?source=cve
