UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17091

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17091

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17091.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17091

Related

CVE-2017-17091

Published

2017-12-02T06:29:00Z

Modified

2025-01-13T10:21:29Z

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

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name: wordpress
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3+dfsg-1

4.3.1+dfsg-1

4.4+dfsg-1

4.4.1+dfsg-1

4.4.2+dfsg-1

4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / wordpress

Package

Name: wordpress
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.9.5+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.9.5+dfsg1-1

Affected versions

4.*

4.8.2+dfsg-2

4.8.3+dfsg-1

4.9.1+dfsg-1

4.9.2+dfsg-1

4.9.4+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress",
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen",
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyseventeen",
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen",
            "binary_version": "4.9.5+dfsg1-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}