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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.4
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade wordpress | Feb 9, 2016 | Feb 8, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade wordpressUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_TWUpgrade zh-wordpress-zh_CNUpgrade ru-wordpressUpgrade de-wordpressUpgrade ja-wordpress | Dec 10, 2025 | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Wordpress | — | Upgrade Wordpress to version 4.4.2 | May 16, 2017 | May 21, 2016 |
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