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CVE-2012-4448
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index.php in WordPress 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.1%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index.php in WordPress 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that modify an RSS URL via a dashboard_incoming_links edit action.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (5)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436198 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50715 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120925 Re: CVE Request -- WordPress (3,4.2): CSRF in the incoming links section of the dashboard (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860261 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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