CVE-2022-40200

WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.9 - Auth. Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Auth. (subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.9 on WordPress.

Vulnerabilidad de carga de archivos arbitrarios autenticada (con permisos de suscriptor o superiores) en el complemento wpForo Forum en WordPress en versiones <= 2.0.9.

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing protections or file validations in versions up to, and including, 2.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions, to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

*Credits: Vulnerability discovered by Rafie Muhammad aka Yeraisci (Patchstack Alliance)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-09-08 CVE Reserved
2022-11-09 CVE Published
2024-06-01 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpforo/wordpress-wpforo-forum-plugin-2-0-9-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers	Product

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

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"				<= 2.0.9 Search vendor "Gvectors" for product "Wpforo Forum" and version " <= 2.0.9"		wordpress		Affected