CVE-2012-4422 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2012-4422

wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.4.2, when the multisite feature is...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

wordpress
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.1.1, 1.5.1.2, 1.5.1.3, 1.5.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.5, 2.7, 2.7.1, 2.8, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.8.5.1, 2.8.5.2, 2.8.6, 2.9, 2.9.1, 2.9.1.1, 2.9.2, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.4.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 14th, 2012
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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