Detections
Analytics
CVE-2016-2222
high
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
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8376
https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20433070
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36435
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034933