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CVE-2016-2221

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-03-08	wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2016-2221 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-2221
Phase	Assigned(20160204)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8377
CONFIRM	https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2
CONFIRM	https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36444
CONFIRM	https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/