CVE-2012-4448

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4448
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-28 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index.php in WordPress 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that modify an RSS URL via a dashboard_incoming_links edit action.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.4.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
WordPress 3.4.2 Cross Site Request Forgery ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.org Exploit
860261 – (CVE-2012-4448) CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- WordPress (3,4.2): CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
436198 – (CVE-2012-4448) www-apps/wordpress : CSRF Vulnerability (CVE-2012-4448) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
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