CVE-2016-2221
Published on: 05/21/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:16 PM UTC
Certain versions of Wordpress from Wordpress contain the following vulnerability:
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.
- CVE-2016-2221 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
CVSS3 Score: 7.4 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE | REQUIRED | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
CHANGED | NONE | HIGH | NONE |
CVSS2 Score: 5.8 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
PARTIAL | PARTIAL | NONE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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WordPress 3.7-4.4.1 - Open Redirect | web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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Changeset 36444 – WordPress Trac | Patch web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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WordPress Prior to 4.4.2 Open Redirection Vulnerability | cve.report (archive) text/html |
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WordPress Bugs Let Remote Users Conduct Server-Side Request Forgery and Open Redirect Attacks - SecurityTracker | www.securitytracker.com text/html |
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3472-1 wordpress | www.debian.org Depreciated Link text/html |
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Version 4.4.2 « WordPress Codex | Patch codex.wordpress.org text/html |
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WordPress 4.4.2 Security and Maintenance Release | Patch Vendor Advisory wordpress.org text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Application | Wordpress | Wordpress | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE