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.
An official patch is available. Apply the patch as soon as possible.
Patch StatusOfficial Patch
Change Log
| Date | Source | Changes | Score |
|---|
| 2026-07-21 | PoC | E: U→P | 0.0 → 0.0 |
| 2026-07-21 | nvd | patch: Unavailable→Official Patch | 0.0 → 0.0 |
| 2026-07-21 | cve.org | initial, patch: Unavailable | 0.0 |
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | ≤ 3.0.5 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.1 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.2 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.3 |
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.0.4 |
Published: 2014-01-21
