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CVE-2017-17091
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-12-02T06:29:00.207 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:10:19.797

Summary

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.

Affected products

wordpress — wordpress

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References

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