CVE-2011-5270 (GCVE-0-2011-5270)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-01-21 01:00
Modified
2024-09-16 17:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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
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