WordPress Core < 4.8.2 - Open Redirect in Admin Dashboard

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
CVE CVE-2017-14725
CVSS Low (3.5)
Publicly Published September 19, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Yasin Soliman (ysx)
Description

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress was susceptible to an open redirect attack in wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php and wp-admin/user-edit.php.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.21
  • 3.8 - 3.8.21
  • 3.9 - 3.9.19
  • 4.0 - 4.0.18
  • 4.1 - 4.1.18
  • 4.2 - 4.2.15
  • 4.3 - 4.3.11
  • 4.4 - 4.4.10
  • 4.5 - 4.5.9
  • 4.6 - 4.6.6
  • 4.7 - 4.7.5
  • 4.8 - 4.8.1
Patched Version
  • 3.7.22
  • 3.8.22
  • 3.9.20
  • 4.0.19
  • 4.1.19
  • 4.2.16
  • 4.3.12
  • 4.4.11
  • 4.5.10
  • 4.6.7
  • 4.7.6
  • 4.8.2
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