Bug 1305471 (CVE-2016-2221, CVE-2016-2222)

Summary:	CVE-2016-2221 CVE-2016-2222 wordpress: SSRF and open redirect issues fixed in 4.4.2
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	fedora, gwync, ralph
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	wordpress 4.4.2	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On:	1305472, 1305473
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Description Martin Prpič 2016-02-08 10:49:55 UTC

The following issues were fixed in the 4.4.2 upstream version of WordPress:

- An open redirection attack:
  https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36444

- A possible SSRF for certain local URIs:
  https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36435

CVEs assigned in:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/283

External References:

https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2016-02-08 10:50:24 UTC

Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1305472]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1305473]