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CVE-2016-2222

Published: May 22, 2016

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8376

x_refsource_MISC

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36435

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vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

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

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

https://hackerone.com/reports/110801

x_refsource_MISC

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20433070

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