CVE-2016-2221 Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-WORDPRESS-362700
  • published22 May 2016
  • disclosed22 May 2016

Introduced: 22 May 2016

CVE-2016-2221  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 wordpress.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.