CVE-2017-17091 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values in Wordpress

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.5%
top 10.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressDebian Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedDec 2
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 4.9.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.9.1+dfsg-1+3

Patches

Patch: codex.wordpress.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: codex.wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9xr7-2f3f-frc6: wp-admin/user-new↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-17091: wp-admin/user-new↗2017-12-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-17091: wordpress - wp-admin/user-new.php in WordPress before 4.9.1 sets the newbloguser key to a st...↗2017
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