Vulnerability · Published Dec 6, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-11204ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board <= 2.1.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board from ultimatemember. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ultimatemember | ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board | 0 – through 2.1.2 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd11abe3-8307-492b-beef-242fb21a4206?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/tags/2.1.1/includes/admin/class-columns.php#L313
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/forumwp/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3205107/forumwp/trunk/includes/admin/class-columns.php