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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-5169 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:32:39.729Z

Reserved: 2014-01-20T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-5270

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-01-21T01:55:03.323

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-5270

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