Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 28, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-4448

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp-admin/index.php in WordPress 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that modify an RSS URL via a dashboard_incoming_links edit action.

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Affected products

WordPress/WordPress2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=3.4.2
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress

Patches

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References

packetstormsecurity.org/files/116785/WordPress-3.4.2-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlnvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/50715nvdVendor Advisory
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/25/15nvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd

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