Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in WordPress - CVE-2011-5270
Published: January 21, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42132
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5270
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.
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.
Affected software
WordPress
How to mitigate CVE-2011-5270
Install update from vendor's website.