CVE-2011-1762
Published: 18 April 2022
Summary
CVE-2011-1762 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 37.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2011-1761
Vulnerability details
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.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Guides setting of default permissions to the minimum required level.
Defines roles, responsibilities, and access rules for configuration management activities, making improper access to configuration resources harder to exploit.
Baseline includes documented access control settings that are reviewed and maintained, reducing the ability to exploit improper access control.
Requiring the most restrictive settings instead of defaults prevents incorrect default permissions on resources.
Explicitly requires protecting the configuration management plan from unauthorized disclosure and modification.
The policy defines and enforces restrictions on physical access to resources, directly reducing improper access control.
Tailoring explicitly overrides or scopes default permission assignments in the baseline to match the system's actual risk and operational needs.