CVE-2016-2221
HIGH7.4EPSS 3.5%wordpress - security update
Published: 5/22/2016Modified: 5/27/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 4.4.2+dfsg-1
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u9
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |