CVE-2016-2221
First published: Sun May 22 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@debian.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress WordPress | <=4.4.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3472
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82463
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034933
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36444
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8377
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/remedy
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/wordpress
- canonical/wordpress wordpress
- version/wordpress wordpress/4.4.1