CVE-2017-17091
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17091
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17091.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17091
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-12-02T06:29:00.207Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T12:06:24.497572Z
- Severity
-
- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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
-
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8969
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/eaf1cfdc1fe0bdffabd8d879c591b864d833326c
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedFixed
- Database specific
{ "source": [ "CPE_RANGE", "REFERENCES" ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.9" } ] }
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "source": "CPE_RANGE", "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.9" } ] }