title: wpForo Forum < 1.9.7 - Open Redirect
description: The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 did not validate the redirect_to parameter in the login form of the forum, leading to an open redirect issue after a successful login. Such issue could allow an attacker to induce a user to use a login URL redirecting to a website under their control and being a replica of the legitimate one, asking them to re-enter their credentials (which will then in the attacker hands)
problem types: CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
affected:
{
product: wpForo Forum
vendor: gVectors Team
versions:
lessThan: 1.9.7, status: affected, version: 1.9.7, versionType: custom
}