Vulnerabilities
Misconfiguration
Compliance
CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-4422

Published: Sep 14, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4422
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.4.2, when the multisite feature is enabled, does not check for network-administrator privileges before performing a network-wide activation of an installed plugin, which might allow remote authenticated users to make unintended plugin changes by leveraging the Administrator role.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WordpressWordpress*3.4.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress0.71 (including)0.71 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2 (including)1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.1 (including)1.2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.2 (including)1.2.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.3 (including)1.2.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.4 (including)1.2.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.5 (including)1.2.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.2.5-a (including)1.2.5-a (including)
WordpressWordpress1.3 (including)1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.3.2 (including)1.3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.3.3 (including)1.3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1 (including)1.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1.1 (including)1.5.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1.2 (including)1.5.1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.1.3 (including)1.5.1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress1.5.2 (including)1.5.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.9 (including)2.0.9 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.10 (including)2.0.10 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.0.11 (including)2.0.11 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.1.3 (including)2.1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.3.3 (including)2.3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.2 (including)2.6.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.7 (including)2.7 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.7.1 (including)2.7.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8 (including)2.8 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.1 (including)2.8.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.2 (including)2.8.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.3 (including)2.8.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.4 (including)2.8.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.4-a (including)2.8.4-a (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.5 (including)2.8.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.5.1 (including)2.8.5.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.5.2 (including)2.8.5.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.8.6 (including)2.8.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9 (including)2.9 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9.1 (including)2.9.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9.1.1 (including)2.9.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress2.9.2 (including)2.9.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.5 (including)3.0.5 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.0.6 (including)3.0.6 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1 (including)3.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1.1 (including)3.1.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1.2 (including)3.1.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1.3 (including)3.1.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.1.4 (including)3.1.4 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.2 (including)3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.2-beta1 (including)3.2-beta1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.2.1 (including)3.2.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.3 (including)3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.3.1 (including)3.3.1 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.3.2 (including)3.3.2 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.3.3 (including)3.3.3 (including)
WordpressWordpress3.4.0 (including)3.4.0 (including)
WordpressUbuntuhardy*
WordpressUbuntulucid*
WordpressUbuntunatty*
WordpressUbuntuoneiric*
WordpressUbuntuprecise*
WordpressUbuntuupstream*

References

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