Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20162221000
Revision Date:2016-05-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-2221 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-2221
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND The 'wordpress' package in artful is affected and needs fixing.
  • BACK