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CVE-2012-2402

wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 allows remote authenticated site administrators to bypass intended access

wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 allows remote authenticated site administrators to bypass intended access restrictions and deactivate network-wide plugins via unspecified vectors.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.01272
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

2
wordpress<= 3.3.1
wordpressall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD21 Apr 2012 · 11:55 PM
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20526/branches/3.3/wp-admin/plugins.php
http://osvdb.org/81462
http://secunia.com/advisories/48957
http://secunia.com/advisories/49138
http://wordpress.org/news/2012/04/wordpress-3-3-2/PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470
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