CVE-2011-1762
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-1762
To remediate CVE-2011-1762, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 3.2.1+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-1762 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.2.1+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |