Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-8483Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin <= 2.5.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Medium 6.3

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A medium-severity code injection in Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin from marketingfire. 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 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The The Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
marketingfire	Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin	0 – through 2.5.5

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Affected products (as reported)

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