Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-8428ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board Plugin <= 2.0.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

High 8.8

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A high-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key 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 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 via the submit_form_handler due to missing validation on the 'user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change the email address of administrative user accounts which can then be leveraged to reset the administrative users password and gain access to their account.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
ultimatemember	ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board	0 – through 2.0.2

Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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