CVE-2017-17091

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…

published December 2, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
7%
Percentile
94.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.07019 · 94.2th percentile
Published
2017-12-02T06:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 DEC 06:00Z
    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…
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