CVE-2011-5270

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
21/01/2014
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*