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CVE-2016-2221
HIGH · CVSS 7.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-22T01:59:14.103 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:43:41.713

Summary

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.

Affected products

wordpress — wordpress

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References

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