What is CVE-2012-4421?

CVE-2012-4421 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-09-14.

Is CVE-2012-4421 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Wordpress

CVE-2012-4421

The create_post function in wp-includes/class-wp-atom-server.php in WordPress before 3.4.2 does not perform a capability check, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and publish new posts by leveraging the Contributor role and using the Atom Publishing Protocol (aka AtomPub) feature.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Wordpress — versions 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4421?: CVE-2012-4421 is a vulnerability in Wordpress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-09-14.
Is CVE-2012-4421 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.