WordPress Core < 4.4.2 - Open Redirect via wp_validate_redirect

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
CVE CVE-2016-2221
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published February 2, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Shailesh Suthar
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

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.12
  • 3.8 - 3.8.12
  • 3.9 - 3.9.10
  • 4.0 - 4.0.9
  • 4.1 - 4.1.9
  • 4.2 - 4.2.6
  • 4.3 - 4.3.2
  • 4.4 - 4.4.1
Patched Version
  • 3.7.13
  • 3.8.13
  • 3.9.11
  • 4.0.10
  • 4.1.10
  • 4.2.7
  • 4.3.3
  • 4.4.2
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