CVE-2016-2222

Impact

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 products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3472
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82454
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034933
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36435
• https://hackerone.com/reports/110801
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20433070
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8376
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3472
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82454
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034933
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36435
• https://hackerone.com/reports/110801
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20433070
• https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8376