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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 ↗
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8969 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00019.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102024 ↗
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.9.1 ↗
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/eaf1cfdc1fe0bdffabd8d879c591b864d833326c ↗
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ ↗