CVE-2011-5270

medium

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.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-5169

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710

http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-01-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N