CVE-2016-4029
HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: August 7, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxWordPress
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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%v < 4.5
Affected range stops below 4.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3681VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036594x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&milestone=4.5CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-918
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