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Incorrect Default Permissions

CVE-2011-1762

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

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. This issue affects versions prior to 3.1.2

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published