wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.4.2, when the multisite feature is enabled, does not check for network-administrator privileges before performing a network-wide activation of an installed plugin, which might allow remote authenticated users to make unintended plugin changes by leveraging the Administrator role.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4357 wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.4.2, when the multisite feature is enabled, does not check for network-administrator privileges before performing a network-wide activation of an installed plugin, which might allow remote authenticated users to make unintended plugin changes by leveraging the Administrator role.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T21:02:26.279Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-4422

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-09-14T19:55:01.823

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4422

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.