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…

published May 22, 2016

CVSS
—
EPSS
4%
Percentile
91.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04446 · 91.3th percentile
Published
2016-05-22T01:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 MAY 01:00Z
    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…
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