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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2020-4048"
idYear: 2020
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2020-06-12T16:00:30.000Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-04T07:52:20.833Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:21.187Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-4048"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2020-4048.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4048"
title: "Open redirect in wp_validate_redirect() in WordPress"
summary: "In affected versions of WordPress, due to an issue in wp_validate_redirect() and URL sanitization, an arbitrary external link can be crafted leading to unintended/open redirect when clicked. This has been patched in version 5.4.2, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.4, 5.2.7, 5.1.6, 5.0.10, 4.9.15, 4.8.14, 4.7.18, 4.6.19, 4.5.22, 4.4.23, 4.3.24, 4.2.28, 4.1.31, 4.0.31, 3.9.32, 3.8.34, 3.7.34)."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"\u003e= 5.4.0, \u003c 5.4.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 5.3.0, \u003c 5.3.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 5.2.0, \u003c 5.2.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 5.1.0, \u003c 5.1.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 5.0.0, \u003c 5.0.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.9.0, \u003c 4.9.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.8.0, \u003c 4.8.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.7.0, \u003c 4.7.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.6.0, \u003c 4.6.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.5.0, \u003c 4.5.22","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.4.0, \u003c 4.4.23","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.3.0, \u003c 4.3.24","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.2.0, \u003c 4.2.28","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.1.0, \u003c 4.1.31","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 4.0.0, \u003c 4.0.31","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 3.9.0, \u003c 3.9.32","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 3.8.0, \u003c 3.8.34","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 3.7.0, \u003c 3.7.34","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"WordPress","product":"wordpress-develop"}]

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