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Vulnerability details: VCID-ukd2-4fhh-47hq
Vulnerability ID VCID-ukd2-4fhh-47hq
Aliases CVE-2011-1762
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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
System Score Found at
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
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epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
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epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
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epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
epss 0.00289 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
cvssv2 4.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1762
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1762
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1762
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1762
https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-3-1-2/
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2011-1762 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1762
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1762
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1762
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.52035
EPSS Score 0.00289
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:27:41.964891+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1762 37.0.0