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CVE-2016-2221

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.

  • Published: May 22, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-2221
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.4
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
WordPress / wordpress - 4.4.1.x