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Debian: CVE-2017-17091: wordpress -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-17091: wordpress -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/18/2018
Modified
02/24/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-wordpress

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