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.
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
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-98, CWE-829, CWE-918
- Affected
- gvectors/wpforo forum
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.