CVE-2025-31420 (GCVE-0-2025-31420)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-04 13:00 – Updated: 2025-04-04 14:32
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Summary
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Tomdever wpForo Forum allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects wpForo Forum: from n/a through 2.4.2.
Severity ?
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Tomdever wpForo Forum Affected: n/a , ≤ 2.4.2 (custom)
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Credits
Revan Arifio (Patchstack Alliance)
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