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.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Wordpress — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.