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cveMitreCVE-2017-17091
HistoryDec 02, 2017 - 6:29 a.m.

CVE-2017-17091

2017-12-0206:29:00
CWE-330
mitre
web.nvd.nist.gov
209
cve-2017-17091
wordpress
bypass
access restrictions
remote attackers
nvd

CVSS2

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.8%

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 configurations

Nvd
Node
wordpresswordpressRange4.9
VendorProductVersionCPE
wordpresswordpress*cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.8%