CVE-2016-2222

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.6/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: May 22, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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