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CVE-2012-4421
published 2012-09-14

CVE-2012-4421: 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…

PriorityP420medium4CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuSCNIPAN
EPSS
1.90%
77.4th percentile
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.

Affected

90 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianwordpress< wordpress 3.4.2+dfsg-1 (bookworm)wordpress 3.4.2+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
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CVSS provenance

nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv4.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.0MEDIUM
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