CVE-2012-4448
published 2012-09-28CVE-2012-4448: 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…
PriorityP426medium6.8CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
1.15%
63.2th percentile
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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wordpress | < wordpress 3.5.1+dfsg-2 (bookworm) | wordpress 3.5.1+dfsg-2 (bookworm) |
| wordpress | wordpress | — | — |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 3.5.1+dfsg-2 | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 3.5.1+dfsg-2 | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 3.5.1+dfsg-2 | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | >= 0 < 3.5.1+dfsg-2 | 3.5.1+dfsg-2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv6.8MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.8LOW
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GHSA
GHSA-rgfj-6p67-wm4x: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2012-4448 [MEDIUM] CWE-352 GHSA-rgfj-6p67-wm4x: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index
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.
OSV
CVE-2012-4448: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index
osv·2012-09-28·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2012-4448 [MEDIUM] CVE-2012-4448: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index
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.
Debian
CVE-2012-4448: wordpress - Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index.php in WordPre...
vendor_debian·2012·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2012-4448 [MEDIUM] CVE-2012-4448: wordpress - Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index.php in WordPre...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.5.1+dfsg-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.5.1+dfsg-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.5.1+dfsg-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.5.1+dfsg-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.5.1+dfsg-2)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2012-09-25·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2012-4448 [MEDIUM] CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard [fedora-all]
CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora
versions.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When creating a Bodhi update request, please include this bug ID and the
bug IDs of this bug's parent bugs filed against the "Security Response"
product (the top-level CVE bugs). Please mention the CVE IDs being fixed
in the RPM changelog when available.
Bodhi update submission link:
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard
bugzilla·2012-09-25·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2012-4448 [MEDIUM] CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard
CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard
A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) flaw was found in the way WordPress, a blog tool and publishing platform, performed sanitization of parameters by registering dashboard widgets for incoming links widget. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted web page that, when visited by wordpress administrator could allow the attacker to change the URL of the feed for the incoming links section of the dashboard.
References:
[1] http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436198
[3] https://secunia.com/advisories/50715/
Discussion:
Local copy of the reproducer from [1]:
==================WORDPRESS 3.4.2 CSRF exploit==
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard [epel-all]
bugzilla·2012-09-25·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2012-4448 [MEDIUM] CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard [epel-all]
CVE-2012-4448 wordpress: CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora
versions.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When creating a Bodhi update request, please include this bug ID and the
bug IDs of this bug's parent bugs filed against the "Security Response"
product (the top-level CVE bugs). Please mention the CVE IDs being fixed
in the RPM changelog when available.
Bodhi update submission link:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/new/?ty
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/15http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50715https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436198https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860261http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/15http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50715https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436198https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860261
2012-09-28
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