CVE-2016-2221 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3472 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82463 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034933 https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36444 https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8377

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.4