Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WordPress - CVE-2012-6634

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WordPress - CVE-2012-6634

Published: January 21, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42124
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6634
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: WordPress.ORG
Affected software:
WordPress

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-6634

Install update from vendor's website.

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