What is CVE-2011-5270?

CVE-2011-5270 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-01-21.

Is CVE-2011-5270 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in WordPress

CVE-2011-5270

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.

Published 2014-01-21 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

WordPress — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17710 (Exploit, Patch)
codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.6 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-5270?: CVE-2011-5270 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-01-21.
Is CVE-2011-5270 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.