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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2011-1762

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2011-1762 CWE-276 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities