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CVE-2012-4422

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

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.

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#file42

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#file42

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

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

CVSS

3.5LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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