PoC Index

CVE-2016-2221

HIGH 7.4EPSS 4.4%

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 v3.0
7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2.0
5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS
4.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 91th percentile
Nuclei
medium
Published
2016-05-22
Updated
2024-08-05

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