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CVE-2016-4029
WordPress before 4.5 does not consider octal and hexadecimal IP address formats when determining an intranet address, which allows remote…
High8.6EPSS 4.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 1036594 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8473 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&milestone=4.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .