CVE-2012-4422

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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 products

WordPress: through 3.4.1; 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.1, 1.2 (+81)

References

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file42
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/4
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file42
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/4

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