CVE-2018-16613

wpForo < = 1.5.1 - Privilege Escalation

criticalImproper Privilege Management

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

1.5.2

Patched in

1965d

Time to patch

Description

An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum user is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.5.1

PublishedSeptember 6, 2018

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwpforo

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/44ba3eee-525e-46ba-ae02-6f7a28f80c50?source=api-prod

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