fkie_cve-2011-1762
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2022-04-18 17:15
Modified
2024-11-21 01:26
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wordpress wordpress *
wordpress wordpress *


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