CVE-2025-8483

Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin <= 2.5.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

mediumImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

6.3

CVSS Score

6.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.5.6

Patched in

Time to patch

Description

The The Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.5.5

PublishedOctober 24, 2025

Last updatedOctober 25, 2025

Affected pluginwp-discussion-board

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a09659bc-e42b-4f08-a1a1-23e226be1be9?source=api-prod

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