CVE-2011-5270

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6	Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710	Exploit Patch
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6	Vendor Advisory
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710	Exploit Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.4:::::::*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:34

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6 - Vendor Advisory~~	() http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710 - Exploit, Patch~~	() https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710 - Exploit, Patch

Information

Published : 2014-01-21 01:55

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:34

NVD link : CVE-2011-5270

Mitre link : CVE-2011-5270

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-5270

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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