PT-2012-4677 · WordPress · Wordpress

Kurt Seifried · Published 2012-07-22 · Updated 2012-09-18 · CVE-2012-3383

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.1

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging the Administrator or Editor role and composing crafted text. This occurs due to the map meta cap function not properly assigning the unfiltered html capability when the multisite feature is enabled.

Recommendations For WordPress versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.1, update to version 3.4.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3383

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3383 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3383 · Vendor Advisory
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file23 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3383 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/08/1 · Note
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/02/1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/17 · Note
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=21153%40branches%2F3.4&old=21076%40trunk#file16 · Note
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2 · Note