UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2222

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2222
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2222.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2222
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:25Z
Published
2016-05-22T01:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:13.107995Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The wphttpvalidate_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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.4.2+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.2+dfsg-1

Affected versions

4.*

4.3+dfsg-1
4.3.1+dfsg-1
4.4+dfsg-1
4.4.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}