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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-fwqj-qf3c-gm6c",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:00:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:27:42Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-2221"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2221"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36444"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8377"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3472"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82463"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034933"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-05-22T01:59:00Z"
  }
}