Access Restriction Bypass Affecting wordpress package, versions <3.4.2+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-1563328
  • published14 Sept 2012
  • disclosed14 Sept 2012

Introduced: 14 Sep 2012

CVE-2012-4422  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wordpress to version 3.4.2+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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