CVE-2016-2221
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2221
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2221.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2221
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-05-22T01:59:14Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-23T04:32:49Z
- Severity
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- 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Open redirect vulnerability in the wpvalidateredirect 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.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3472
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36444
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82463
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034933
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8377