CVE-2017-17091

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CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

EPSS

7%p94

Published

Dec 2, 2017 (Dec 2, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: wordpress
Products: wordpress
Ecosystems: WordPress
Weakness: CWE-330
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (7.0%)

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