Security Advisory

CVE-2016-2221

7.4
HIGH

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date May 22, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory