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CVE-2016-2221Not scored

CVE-2016-2221: Wordpress vulnerability

Wordpress

Fixed in 4.4.2 · Affected: Wordpress before 4.4.2 · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

4.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
91st percentile
050100

Higher than 91% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

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Exploitation
Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Wordpress
Published
May 2016

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2016-2221 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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