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GHSA-WW5M-Q9HX-HCF2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-06 15:32 – Updated: 2026-04-08 21:32

Details

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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CVE-2024-8428 (GCVE-0-2024-8428)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-06 13:55 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:17

Title

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

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

Wordfence

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumw…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
ultimatemember	ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0.2 (semver)
forumwp	forumwp	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:forumwp:forumwp::::::::

Credits

wesley

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-WW5M-Q9HX-HCF2

CVE-2024-8428 (GCVE-0-2024-8428)

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