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…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 79.9% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: wordpress (Debian:12) 3.4.1+dfsg-1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to wordpress (Debian:12) 3.4.1+dfsg-1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
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 vectors.
- Published
- Jul 22, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.9% · 79th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
Report tools
Action score
21
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.9%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress |
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Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- wordpress wordpressup to 3.4.0 inclusive
- wordpress wordpress0.71
- wordpress wordpress1.0
- wordpress wordpress1.0.1
- wordpress wordpress1.0.2
- wordpress wordpress1.1.1
- wordpress wordpress1.2
- wordpress wordpress1.2.1
+12 more rows
- wordpress wordpress1.2.2
- wordpress wordpress1.2.3
- wordpress wordpress1.2.4
- wordpress wordpress1.2.5
- wordpress wordpress1.3
- wordpress wordpress1.3.2
- wordpress wordpress1.3.3
- wordpress wordpress1.5
- wordpress wordpress1.5.1
- wordpress wordpress1.5.1.1
- wordpress wordpress1.5.1.2
- wordpress wordpress1.5.1.3
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | wordpress | before 3.4.1+dfsg-1 | 3.4.1+dfsg-1 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2012-3383Jul 22, 2012 · The map_meta_cap function in wp-includes/capabilities.php in WordPress 3.4.x before 3.4.2, when the multisite feature is enabled, does not…11Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2012-3384Jul 22, 2012 · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the customizer in WordPress before 3.4.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the…27Monitor
- Later →CVE-2012-2371Aug 13, 2012 · Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in the WP-FaceThumb plugin 0.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject…21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:wordpress | 3.4.1+dfsg-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.