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CVE-2011-1762

Date: April 18, 2022

A flaw exists in Wordpress related to the 'wp-admin/press-this.php 'script improperly checking user permissions when publishing posts. This may allow a user with 'Contributor-level' privileges to post as if they had 'publish_posts' permission.

Severity Score

Related Resources (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1762
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-1762
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-1762

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Incorrect Default Permissions

CWE-276

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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