VDB

CVE-2012-4421

CVE-2012-4421 PUBLISHED CVSS 4 MEDIUM

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 0.20% · 42.6th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
4
EPSS Score
0.20%
42.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a
wordpresswordpress0, 0.71, 1.0

Timeline

  • Sep 14, 2012 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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