Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2017-17091CVE-2017-17091
6.5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.8%
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.
Bugs
References
codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1
github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/eaf1cfdc1fe0bdffabd8d879c591b864d833326c
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-17091
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17091
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17091
wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17091
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.8%