CVE-2016-2221

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.4/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
May 22, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-2221: High severity, CVSS 7.4 | Vulnix