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Otter Blocks EUVDEUVD-2026-103390

| CVE-2026-109937 MEDIUM
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect) (CWE-601)
2026-10-18 WPScan GHSA-m5fx-f9px-4463
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft malicious return URL for Stripe Checkout
  2. Delivery
    Lure victim to begin checkout on trusted site
  3. Exploit
    Victim completes or cancels payment
  4. Execution
    Plugin redirects to attacker-controlled domain
  5. Impact
    Phishing or credential theft off-site

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Redirect URL validation
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the target site runs Otter Blocks before 3.2.3 and uses its Stripe Checkout feature, since the flaw is in how a user-supplied return URL is used to build the Stripe Checkout session's return destination without validating it belongs to the site. The decisive limiting factor is user interaction (UI:R): a victim must actually begin and then complete or cancel a checkout session for the redirect to fire, so the attacker cannot trigger it unassisted and must socially engineer the victim into the payment flow. No authentication is required of the attacker (PR:N), but the practical blast radius is limited to victims the attacker can lure into checkout on the vulnerable site, and impact is confined to redirection (no code execution or direct data compromise on the server).

Impact

This is a moderate-severity open redirect (CWE-601) whose signals are mutually consistent and point to a low-to-moderate real-world priority rather than an emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N, 5.4 Medium) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw an unauthenticated attacker can trigger, but it explicitly requires user interaction (UI:R) - the victim must initiate and complete or cancel a Stripe Checkout session - which caps impact and prevents fully automated mass exploitation. SSVC reinforces the low-urgency read: Exploitation 'none' (no observed active exploitation), Automatable 'no', and Technical Impact 'partial'. No EPSS score and no CISA KEV listing were provided; absence of KEV is consistent with the SSVC 'no active exploitation' signal. Public exploit code exists (WPScan), so weaponization against unpatched sites is feasible, but a POC is a distinct signal from active exploitation and should not be read as in-the-wild use. Net: a credible phishing/credential-harvesting enabler worth patching on a normal cadence, not a drop-everything issue. The main value of this flaw to an attacker is lending legitimacy to phishing by abusing a trusted site domain in the redirect chain.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a Stripe Checkout link on a site running a vulnerable Otter Blocks install with a return URL pointing to an attacker-controlled domain, then lures a victim (e.g., via email) to begin checkout on the trusted site. When the victim completes or cancels the payment flow, the plugin redirects them to the attacker's external URL - which can host a convincing phishing or credential-harvesting page that appears to originate from the legitimate merchant. Publicly available exploit detail from WPScan makes reproduction straightforward against unpatched sites.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 18, 2026

Otter Blocks for WordPress before 3.2.3 allows an open redirect through its Stripe Checkout flow because a user-supplied return URL is not validated as belonging to the site, so victims who complete or cancel checkout can be sent to an arbitrary external destination. Publicly available exploit code exists, but exploitation requires the target site to use the vulnerable Stripe Checkout feature and requires victim interaction during checkout, limiting practical impact to phishing-style redirection rather than server compromise.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Otter Blocks to version 3.2.3 or later; the vendor-released patch is 3.2.3 and is available through the WordPress plugin update mechanism, with details in the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9765313d-c879-457f-851f-dab74b8d90a0/ and the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109937. If immediate upgrade is not possible, disable the plugin's Stripe Checkout integration or remove checkout buttons and links until patched, accepting that this disrupts payment flow; because the vulnerability is an open redirect rather than code execution, there is no server-side port or endpoint block that cleanly removes the risk without affecting checkout functionality.

Affected VersionsENISA

Otter Blocks 0 <3.2.3

Affected Packages

euvd otter_blocks fix: 3.2.3

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is in the WordPress plugin's Stripe Checkout integration, where the plugin constructs the return destination for a checkout session from user-controlled input without enforcing that the URL stays on the affected site. This is CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site, or open redirect): the application accepts an untrusted URL and uses it in a redirect after a trusted action, which can support phishing or credential-harvesting flows. The supplied CPE is cpe:2.3:a:unknown:otter_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with unknown vendor and no version bound, so affected-version confirmation should rely on the EUVD range of Otter Blocks 0 before 3.2.3 and the WPScan advisory. The CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N, meaning no attacker authentication is required but a victim must interact with the checkout flow; SSVC rates exploitation as none, automatable as no, and technical impact as partial.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated and network-reachable (PR:N/AV:N/AC:L) but requires victim to complete/cancel checkout (UI:R); open redirect yields only limited confidentiality/integrity impact and no availability loss.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Oct 18, 2026 - 07:00 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 18, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.4
CVE Published
Oct 18, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The Otter Blocks WordPress plugin before 3.2.3 does not validate that a user-supplied return URL belongs to the site before using it to build the return destination of a Stripe Checkout session, allowing unauthenticated attackers to redirect victims who complete or cancel checkout to an arbitrary external URL.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress Gutenberg blocks plugin, large but not universal install base
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

47
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0
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