VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-2249

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization in versions up to, and including, 2.1.7.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 60.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization in versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This is due to the insecure use of file_get_contents without appropriate verification of the data being supplied to the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to retrieve the contents of files like wp-config.php hosted on the system, perform a deserialization attack and possibly achieve remote code execution, and make requests to internal services.

CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 60.81% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-98, CWE-829, CWE-918
Affected: gvectors/wpforo forum
Source: security@wordfence.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 60.8% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.