WordPress Core < 4.4.2 - Server-Side Request Forgery

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE CVE-2016-2222
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published February 2, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Ronnie Skansing
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.12
  • 3.8 - 3.8.12
  • 3.9 - 3.9.10
  • 4.0 - 4.0.9
  • 4.1 - 4.1.9
  • 4.2 - 4.2.6
  • 4.3 - 4.3.2
  • 4.4 - 4.4.1
Patched Version
  • 3.7.13
  • 3.8.13
  • 3.9.11
  • 4.0.10
  • 4.1.10
  • 4.2.7
  • 4.3.3
  • 4.4.2
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