{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:27Z",
  "published": "2012-09-14T19:55:01Z",
  "id": "CVE-2012-4422",
  "details": "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.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1\u0026old=21780\u0026new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2\u0026new=21780#file42"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.1\u0026old=21780\u0026new_path=%2Ftags%2F3.4.2\u0026new=21780#file42"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/4"
    }
  ]
}