CVE-2011-1762

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284 CWE-276

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	wordpress	wordpress before 3.0.6 and 3.1.2

References

https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 18, 2022
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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