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CVE-2018-16613
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress.
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.7%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.73% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
References
- wordpress.org /plugins/wpforo/#developers · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- github.com /9emin1/advisories · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- github.com /9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-16613
- NVD: CVE-2018-16613
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