CVE-2017-17091
wordpress - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.4%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-17091
To remediate CVE-2017-17091, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 4.9.1+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u20 or later
Is CVE-2017-17091 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.9.1+dfsg-1
- from 0, < 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u20
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |