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 Bycve@mitre.org

Published DateJan 21, 2014, 01:55

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-264

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

Vector String

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

PARTIAL

Availability (A)

NONE

References

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

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-264

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

Vector String

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

PARTIAL

Availability (A)

NONE