CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-4421

Published: Sep 14, 2012 | Modified: Sep 17, 2012
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wordpress Wordpress * 3.4.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.71 (including) 0.71 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 (including) 1.0 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1 (including) 1.0.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2 (including) 1.0.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.1.1 (including) 1.1.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2 (including) 1.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.1 (including) 1.2.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.2 (including) 1.2.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.3 (including) 1.2.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.4 (including) 1.2.4 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.5 (including) 1.2.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.5-a (including) 1.2.5-a (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.3 (including) 1.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.3.2 (including) 1.3.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.3.3 (including) 1.3.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5 (including) 1.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1 (including) 1.5.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.1 (including) 1.5.1.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.2 (including) 1.5.1.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.3 (including) 1.5.1.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.2 (including) 1.5.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0 (including) 2.0 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.1 (including) 2.0.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.2 (including) 2.0.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.4 (including) 2.0.4 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.5 (including) 2.0.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.6 (including) 2.0.6 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.7 (including) 2.0.7 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.8 (including) 2.0.8 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.9 (including) 2.0.9 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10 (including) 2.0.10 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.11 (including) 2.0.11 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1 (including) 2.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.1 (including) 2.1.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.2 (including) 2.1.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3 (including) 2.1.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2 (including) 2.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.1 (including) 2.2.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.2 (including) 2.2.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.3 (including) 2.2.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3 (including) 2.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.1 (including) 2.3.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.2 (including) 2.3.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.3 (including) 2.3.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.5 (including) 2.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.5.1 (including) 2.5.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.6 (including) 2.6 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.1 (including) 2.6.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.2 (including) 2.6.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.3 (including) 2.6.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.5 (including) 2.6.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.7 (including) 2.7 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.7.1 (including) 2.7.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8 (including) 2.8 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.1 (including) 2.8.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.2 (including) 2.8.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.3 (including) 2.8.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.4 (including) 2.8.4 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.4-a (including) 2.8.4-a (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.5 (including) 2.8.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.5.1 (including) 2.8.5.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.5.2 (including) 2.8.5.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.6 (including) 2.8.6 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.9 (including) 2.9 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.9.1 (including) 2.9.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.9.1.1 (including) 2.9.1.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.9.2 (including) 2.9.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.0 (including) 3.0 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.1 (including) 3.0.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.2 (including) 3.0.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.3 (including) 3.0.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.4 (including) 3.0.4 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.5 (including) 3.0.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.6 (including) 3.0.6 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.1 (including) 3.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.1.1 (including) 3.1.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.1.2 (including) 3.1.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.1.3 (including) 3.1.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.1.4 (including) 3.1.4 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.2 (including) 3.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.2.1 (including) 3.2.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.3 (including) 3.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.3.1 (including) 3.3.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.3.2 (including) 3.3.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.3.3 (including) 3.3.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 3.4.0 (including) 3.4.0 (including)
Wordpress Ubuntu hardy *
Wordpress Ubuntu lucid *
Wordpress Ubuntu natty *
Wordpress Ubuntu oneiric *
Wordpress Ubuntu precise *
Wordpress Ubuntu upstream *

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