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Case File

CVE-2017-17091

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 7.10% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-12-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-17091
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
7.10%
WordPress

Original NVD 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.