CVE-2016-2222 - The wp_http_validate_url function in wp-includes/http.php in WordPress before 4.4.2 allows remote at

CVE-2016-2222

Summary

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. <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/918.html">CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)</a>

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 04-11-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	PARTIAL	NONE

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

refmap via4

bid	82454
confirm	https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36435 https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
debian	DSA-3472
misc	https://hackerone.com/reports/110801 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20433070 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8376
sectrack	1034933

Last major update

04-11-2017 - 01:29

Published

22-05-2016 - 01:59

Last modified

04-11-2017 - 01:29