VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-5270

CVSS score4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-01-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 3.0.6 does not enforce the publish_posts capability requirement, which allows remote authenticated users to perform publish actions by leveraging the Contributor role.

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