DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17091

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17091
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17091.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17091
Upstream
Published
2017-12-02T06:29:00.207Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:42.791935Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / wordpress

Package

Name
wordpress
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}