VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-17091

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability7.02%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Primary references