High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-2222
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2016-2222
Complete source record
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"references": [
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"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20433070",
"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8376",
"https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.4.2",
"https://wordpress.org/news/2016/02/wordpress-4-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/",
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"published_at": "2016-05-22T01:59:15.273+00:00"
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