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CVE-2012-4421

N/A

Published: September 14, 2012 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

The create_post function in wp-includes/class-wp-atom-server.php in WordPress before 3.4.2 does not perform a capability check, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and publish new posts by leveraging the Contributor role and using the Atom Publishing Protocol (aka AtomPub) feature.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file2

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch

Source: [email protected]

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file2

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/4

CVSS

4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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