CVE-2011-1762 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-04-18

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

wordpress

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`wordpress before 3.0.6 and 3.1.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-1761	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00415.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/

History

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Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-04-18T16:20:38.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:37:25.769Z

Reserved: 2011-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1762

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-04-18T17:15:11.877

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:26:59.843

Link: CVE-2011-1762

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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