Improper Input Validation Affecting wordpress package, versions <4.0.1+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WORDPRESS-362547
  • published25 Nov 2014
  • disclosed25 Nov 2014

Introduced: 25 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-9038  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wordpress to version 4.0.1+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

wp-includes/http.php in WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, 3.9.x before 3.9.3, and 4.x before 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks by referring to a 127.0.0.0/8 resource.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1