User Access Bypass in WordPress before 4.9.1

CVE-2017-17091 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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