CVE-2017-17091

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

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8969

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3