UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2222
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Summary:
Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2222, https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/36435, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/04/4, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2222
Affected packages
Package
Name: wordpress
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -4.4.2+dfsg-1
Affected versions
4.3+dfsg-1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
