CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-3383
2.6 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-07-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.6 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The map_meta_cap function in wp-includes/capabilities.php in WordPress 3.4.x before 3.4.2, when the multisite feature is enabled, does not properly assign the unfiltered_html capability, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging the Administrator or Editor role and composing crafted text.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress 3.4.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.1 codex.wordpress.org
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2 codex.wordpress.org
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file23 core.trac.wordpress.org
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=21153%40branches%2F3.4&old=21076%40trunk#file16 core.trac.wordpress.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/17 openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/02/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/08/1 www.openwall.com
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.1 codex.wordpress.org
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2 codex.wordpress.org
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1&old=21780&new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2&new=21780#file23 core.trac.wordpress.org
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=21153%40branches%2F3.4&old=21076%40trunk#file16 core.trac.wordpress.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/12/17 openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/02/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/08/1 www.openwall.com