FKIE_CVE-2011-5270

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-01-21 01:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:36
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710Exploit, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wordpress wordpress *
wordpress wordpress 3.0
wordpress wordpress 3.0.1
wordpress wordpress 3.0.2
wordpress wordpress 3.0.3
wordpress wordpress 3.0.4
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