What is CVE-2012-6634?

CVE-2012-6634 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-01-21.

Is CVE-2012-6634 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in WordPress

CVE-2012-6634

wp-admin/media-upload.php in WordPress before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or bypass intended media-attachment restrictions via a post_id value.

Published 2014-01-21 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

WordPress — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.3.3 (Vendor Advisory)
core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/21087

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6634?: CVE-2012-6634 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-01-21.
Is CVE-2012-6634 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.