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CVE-2012-4422

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Description

wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.4.2, when the multisite feature is enabled, does not check for network-administrator privileges before performing a network-wide activation of an installed plugin, which might allow remote authenticated users to make unintended plugin changes by leveraging the Administrator role.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published9/14/2012

Last Modified4/29/2026

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Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

wordpress:wordpress

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2(secalert@redhat.com)

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file42(secalert@redhat.com)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/4(secalert@redhat.com)

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file42(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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