CVE-2011-5270 (GCVE-0-2011-5270)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-21 01:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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| https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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