[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24823: Importing attachments fails from intranet blog due to URL validation

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#24823: Importing attachments fails from intranet blog due to URL validation
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 Reporter:  bbs_felix     |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  3.5.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  needs-patch
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 Scenario:
 * Two Wordpress instances in our local intranet using IPs from the
 10.0.0.0/8 range.
 * Blog 1 (B1) is a site on an old WP-MU (the version I cannot tell,
 sorry), Blog 2 (B2) is a site on a fresh WP 3.5.2 with Multisite enabled.
 * B1 is supposed to be migrated to B2
 * The Wordpress WXR format is used to export B1
 * The Wordpress Import Plugin is used to import the WXR to B2
 * During import the option to fetch attachments is checked
 * The import of attachment fails with the error message "Remote server did
 not respond"

 The bug here comes with [24481] (which means 3.5.1 is unaffected). The
 function wp_http_validate_url (in wp-includes/http.php) is a bit over-
 eager to block internal RFC1918 IPs (or those with DNS names resolving to
 RFC1918 IPs).
 Effectively this blocks communication between blogs hosted in an intranet.

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