CVE-2012-4448
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
Description
Cross-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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4448
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436198
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/50715
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.4.2 | |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/15
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50715
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436198
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860261
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4448
CWEs
CWE-352
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.