CVE-2012-3385: WordPress before 3.4.1 does not properly restrict access to post contents such as private or draft posts, which allows remote authors or contributors to obtain sensitive information via unknown vector

medium Affects WordPress core. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2012-07-22; advisory modified 2026-06-16.

WordPress before 3.4.1 does not properly restrict access to post contents such as private or draft posts, which allows remote authors or contributors to obtain sensitive information via unknown vector

Package: WordPress core WordPress
Affected versions: <=3.4.0 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 =3.1.4 or =3.2 or =3.2.1 or =3.3 or =3.3.2 or =3.3.3
Fixed in: no fix recorded
Severity: medium CVSS 5.0
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (79.6th percentile)
Published: 2012-07-22
Source: nvd

References

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