CVE-2016-4029 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2016-08-07

Score: 8.6 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-633-1	wordpress security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3681-1	wordpress security update

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01055.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036594
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&milestone=4.5
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8473

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-07T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:17:30.044Z

Reserved: 2016-04-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4029

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-07T16:59:00.143

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-4029

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-918

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