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    CVE-2011-5270

    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.

    Published:Jan 21, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 21, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00412
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Wordpress
    Product
    Wordpress

    Exploits

    https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High