CVE-2021-25028: The Event Tickets WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 does not validate the tribe_tickets_redirect_to parameter before redirecting the user to the given value, leading to an arbitrary redirect issue

medium Affects event-tickets (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published 2022-01-24; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Event Tickets WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 does not validate the tribe_tickets_redirect_to parameter before redirecting the user to the given value, leading to an arbitrary redirect issue

Package: event-tickets (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <5.2.2
Fixed in: 5.2.2
Severity: medium CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (80.0th percentile)
Published: 2022-01-24
Source: nvd

References

CWE-601

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