CVE-2016-2221

High

Description

Open redirect vulnerability in the wp_validate_redirect function in wp-includes/pluggable.php in WordPress before 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a malformed URL that triggers incorrect hostname parsing, as demonstrated by an https:example.com URL.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability91. percentile4.4%
ProductWordpress
PublishedMay 22, 2016
First seenMay 22, 2016

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
wordpress wordpressv ≤ 4.4.1—

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