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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wordpress | Wordpress | * | 3.0.5 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.0 (including) | 3.0 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.0.1 (including) | 3.0.1 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.0.2 (including) | 3.0.2 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.0.3 (including) | 3.0.3 (including) |
| Wordpress | Wordpress | 3.0.4 (including) | 3.0.4 (including) |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | upstream | * |