CVE-2012-4448 (GCVE-0-2012-4448)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-09-28 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
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Summary
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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CWE
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