CVE-2011-1762 in WordPress

Summary

A flaw exists in Wordpress related to the 'wp-admin/press-this.php 'script improperly checking user permissions when publishing posts. This may allow a user with 'Contributor-level' privileges to post as if they had 'publish_posts' permission.

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• Reservation: 04/19/2011
• Disclosure: 04/18/2022
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-284 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.5
• EPSS: 0.00415
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1762
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1762
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-1762/