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CVE-2012-4422

Published: Sep 14, 2012

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20120913 Re: CVEs for wordpress 3.4.2 release

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http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file42

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http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2

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