CVEs-PoC/2011/CVE-2011-1762.md

### [CVE-2011-1762](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1762)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=wordpress&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=wordpress%20before%203.0.6%20and%203.1.2%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-284&color=brightgreen)

### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/20142995/nuclei-templates