Unscored severity · published Sep 28, 2012
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 authentication of administrators for requests that…
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CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
3.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4448
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4448
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/15
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50715
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436198
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860261
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