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CVE-2012-2402: wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 allows remote authenticated site administrators to bypass intended access restrictions and deactivate network-wide plugins via unspecified vectors.

medium Affects WordPress core. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

wp-admin/plugins.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 allows remote authenticated site administrators to bypass intended access restrictions and deactivate network-wide plugins via unspecified vectors.

Package
WordPress core WordPress
Affected versions
<=3.3.1 or =0.71 or =1.0 or =1.0.1 or =1.0.2 or =1.1.1 or =1.2 or =1.2.1 or =1.2.2 or =1.2.3 or =1.2.4 or =1.2.5 or =1.3 or =1.3.2 or =1.3.3 or =1.5 or =1.5.1 or =1.5.1.1 or =1.5.1.2 or =1.5.1.3 or =1.5.2 or =2.0 or =2.0.1 or =2.0.2 or =2.0.4 or =2.0.5 or =2.0.6 or =2.0.7 or =2.0.8 or =2.0.9 or =2.0.10 or =2.0.11 or =2.1 or =2.1.1 or =2.1.2 or =2.1.3 or =2.2 or =2.2.1 or =2.2.2 or =2.2.3 or =2.3 or =2.3.1 or =2.3.2 or =2.3.3 or =2.5 or =2.5.1 or =2.6 or =2.6.1 or =2.6.2 or =2.6.3 or =2.6.5 or =2.7 or =2.7.1 or =2.8 or =2.8.1 or =2.8.2 or =2.8.3 or =2.8.4 or =2.8.5 or =2.8.5.1 or =2.8.5.2 or =2.8.6 or =2.9 or =2.9.1 or =2.9.1.1 or =2.9.2 or =3.0 or =3.0.1 or =3.0.2 or =3.0.3 or =3.0.4 or =3.0.5 or =3.0.6 or =3.1 or =3.1.1 or =3.1.2 or =3.1.3 or =3.3
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 3% (85.2th percentile)
Published
2012-04-21
Source
nvd

References

CWE-264
NVD recordWordPress core advisories

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