VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-4421

medium
Published 2012-09-14 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.4.2+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.4.2+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.4.2+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed3.4.2+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.4.2+dfsg-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
wordpress wordpresswordpress{"endIncluding":"3.4.1"}
wordpress wordpresswordpress0.71
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.0
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.0.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.0.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.2.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.3.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.3.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.1.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.1.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress1.5.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.6
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.7
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.8
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.9
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.10
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.0.11
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.1.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.1.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.2.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.2.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.2.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.3.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.3.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.3.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.5.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.6.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.7
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.7.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.5.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.5.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.8.6
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.9
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.9.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.9.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress2.9.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.5
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.0.6
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.1.4
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.2.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.3.1
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.3.2
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.3.3
wordpress wordpresswordpress3.4.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.