CVE-2018-16613

wpForo < = 1.5.1 - Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

Se descubrió un problema en la función de actualización en el plugin wpForo Forum antes de 1.5.2 para WordPress. Un foro registrado puede escalar privilegios al administrador del foro sin ningún tipo de interacción del usuario.

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.

*Credits: 9emin1

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-09-06 CVE Reserved
2018-09-06 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-11-09 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/9emin1/advisories	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers	2020-08-24

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gvectors Search vendor "Gvectors"		Wpforo Forum Search vendor "Gvectors" for product "Wpforo Forum"				< 1.5.2 Search vendor "Gvectors" for product "Wpforo Forum" and version " < 1.5.2"		wordpress		Affected