GSD-2017-17091

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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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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