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CVE-2011-1762

Common vulnerabilities & exposures (CVE)

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Published at: - 18-04-2022 07:15
Last modified: - 25-04-2022 09:13
Total changes: - 2

Description

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Low
Attack complexity
Network
Attack vector
None
Availability
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Privileges required
Unchanged
Scope
None
User interaction
6.5
Base score
2.8
3.6
Exploitability score
Impact score
 

Verification logic

OR
vendor=wordpress AND product=wordpress AND versionEndExcluding=3.0.6
vendor=wordpress AND product=wordpress AND versionStartIncluding=3.1 AND versionEndExcluding=3.1.2
 

Reference

 


Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2011-1762

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

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Exposures

 

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