UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4448

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4448

    Published: 28 Sept 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4448

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4448, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/15, http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4448

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.8.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    3.6.1+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High