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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2017-17091

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2017-17091 CWE-330 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities