Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2022· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1762
CVE-2011-1762
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.
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Affected products
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.0.6
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
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