CVE-2011-5270 json
wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 3.0.6 does not enforce the publish_posts capability requirement, which allows remote authentica…
published 2014-01-21 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-5169
- cvss
- 4.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.5%
- EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.2.1+dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-5270
Exploit prediction
1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- core.trac.wordpress.org https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
- Technology feeds
References
-
core.trac.wordpress.org
/changeset/17710
exploit, patch
-
codex.wordpress.org
/Version_3.0.6
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2011-5270
- NVD CVE-2011-5270
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.