CVE-2011-5270

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    CVE-2011-5270

    Published: 21 Jan 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710

    Affected packages

    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
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