CVE-2026-1277URL Shortify <= 1.12.1 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect via 'redirect_to' Parameter
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.65%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 48% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The URL Shortify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.1 due to insufficient validation on the 'redirect_to' parameter in the promotional dismissal handler. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites via a crafted link.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- URL Shortify <= 1.12.1 - Open Redirect (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-1277.yamlSeverity medium
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 49 days later
· 49 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.65% · top 48% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
kaizencoders · URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener
- affected ≤ 1.12.1
References
References3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7c1dc51-47ca-4b2f-9ff9-275bd8b1c106?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/url-shortify/tags/1.11.4/lite/includes/Promo.php#L64 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3451740%40url-shortify&old=3445491%40url-shortify&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file1049 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-7923 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-1277)Record last updated .