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.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
4.478

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Update wordpress 4.9 to latest versionWindows
wordpress security update(DSA-4090-1) wordpress_4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u2_all.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234