UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2221
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2221
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2221.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2221
- Upstream
- Withdrawn
- 2025-07-18T16:43:25Z
- Published
- 2016-05-22T01:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-16T08:19:00.052538Z
- Severity
-
- 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Open redirect vulnerability in the wpvalidateredirect 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.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wordpress
Package
- Name
- wordpress
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.4.2+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed4.4.2+dfsg-1
Ecosystem specific
{
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "wordpress",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen",
"binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
}
]
}