CVE-2022-38144

wpForo Forum <= 2.0.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

highCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

8.8

CVSS Score

8.8

CVSS Score

high

Severity

2.0.6

Patched in

502d

Time to patch

Description

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on one of its functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute that function, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.0.5

PublishedSeptember 8, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwpforo

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ce1a40f-1489-42be-963e-052274a56e47?source=api-prod

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