CVE-2016-2221: Wordpress vulnerability
Fixed in 4.4.2 · Affected: Wordpress before 4.4.2 · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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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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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Vendor advisorydebian.org
- codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2codex.wordpress.org
- securitytracker.com/id/1034933securitytracker.com
- securityfocus.com/bid/82463securityfocus.com
- core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36444core.trac.wordpress.org
- wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenawordpress.org
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8377wpvulndb.com