CVE-2011-1762: 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…

PriorityP434medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

0.70%

49.2th percentile

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 3.2.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 3.2.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	< 3.0.6	3.0.6
wordpress	wordpress	—	—
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 3.2.1+dfsg-1	3.2.1+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 3.2.1+dfsg-1	3.2.1+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 3.2.1+dfsg-1	3.2.1+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 3.2.1+dfsg-1	3.2.1+dfsg-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 3.1 < 3.1.2	3.1.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM

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