Detections
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CVE-2017-17091

high

Description

wp-admin/user-new.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 sets the newbloguser key to a string that can be directly derived from the user ID, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by entering this string.

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8969

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/eaf1cfdc1fe0bdffabd8d879c591b864d833326c

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-12-02

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04705