CVE-2012-6635

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php in WordPress before 3.3.3 does not properly restrict excerpt-view access, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by visiting a draft.

Affected products

WordPress: through 3.3.2; 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5 (+11)

References

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.3.3
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/21086
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.3.3
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/21086

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