CVE-2017-17091
HIGH8.8EPSS 3.4%wordpress - security update
Published: 12/2/2017Modified: 5/27/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 4.9.1+dfsg-1
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u20
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |