CVE-2011-1762 Information

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5