wpForo < = 1.5.1 - Privilege Escalation

9.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2018-16613
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published September 6, 2018
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher 9emin1

Description

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.

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Vulnerability Details for wpForo Forum

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpforo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.5.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.1
Patched Version
  • 1.5.2

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