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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034933 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82463 ↗
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36444 ↗
- https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3472 ↗
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8377 ↗