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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 | Release Notes Patch |
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/eaf1cfdc1fe0bdffabd8d879c591b864d833326c | Patch |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html | |
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ | Release Notes |
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8969 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-12-02T06:00:00
Updated: 2018-02-02T10:57:01
Reserved: 2017-12-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-17091
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-12-02T06:29:00.207
Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223
Link: CVE-2017-17091
JSON object: View
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