CVE-2016-4029

HIGH

WordPress < 4.5 - Server-Side Request Forgery via Octal and Hexadecimal IP Address Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

WordPress before 4.5 does not consider octal and hexadecimal IP address formats when determining an intranet address, which allows remote attackers to bypass an intended SSRF protection mechanism via a crafted address.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036594
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8473
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0143
EPSS Percentile 80.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-918
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
wordpress/wordpress < 4.5
Published Aug 07, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026