CVE-2012-4448

Published: Sep 28, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Wordpress: Wordpress

Wordpress

1 product

Wordpress

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wordpress Wordpress	Version 3.4.2

Related CWEs

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.

References (10)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/15

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/50715

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436198

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860261

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/15