CVE-2011-1762

MEDIUM

Wordpress - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0042

EPSS Percentile 61.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-284 CWE-276

Status published

Affected Products (1)

wordpress/wordpress < 3.0.6

Timeline

Published Apr 18, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026