Description

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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2011-5270

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2011-5270 CWE-264

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities