CVE-2011-5270
wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 3.0.6 does not enforce the publish_posts capability...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5270- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5270- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-5169 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2011-5169- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3fp5-72pm-rf42 No score
wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 3.0.6 does not enforce the publish_posts capability...
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.
- Record
GHSA-3fp5-72pm-rf42- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5270- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2011-5270 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-5270- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-5270 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Wordpress, published January 21, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.49%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in wordpress 3.2.1+dfsg-1.