CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2222

Published: May 22, 2016 | Modified: Nov 04, 2017
CVSS 3.x
8.6
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The wp_http_validate_url function in wp-includes/http.php in WordPress before 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a zero value in the first octet of an IPv4 address in the u parameter to wp-admin/press-this.php.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wordpress Wordpress 4.4.1 (including) 4.4.1 (including)
Wordpress Ubuntu artful *
Wordpress Ubuntu precise *
Wordpress Ubuntu trusty *
Wordpress Ubuntu upstream *
Wordpress Ubuntu wily *
Wordpress Ubuntu yakkety *
Wordpress Ubuntu zesty *

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