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CVE-2011-1762

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CVE-2011-1762

Published: Apr 18, 2022

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

wordpress

affected
wordpress before 3.0.6 and 3.1.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

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