CVE-2017-17091
CVSS V2 Medium 6.5
CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-17091
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-12-02T06:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.9 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 8.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/eaf1cfdc1fe0bdffabd8d879c591b864d833326c | Patch |
| https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 | Release Notes Patch |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8969 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17091 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17091 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:23:55 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 23:36:58 | 2017-12-02T06:29Z | 2017-12-02T06:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 23:36:58 | 2019-10-03T00:03:26 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 23:36:58 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |