Medium severity · published Apr 18, 2022
CVE-2011-1762
A flaw exists in Wordpress related to the 'wp-admin/press-this.php 'script improperly checking user permissions when publishing posts
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
before 3.0.6; 3.1 before 3.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1762
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1762
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/
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