Discussion Board <= 2.4.8 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Content Injection
CVE-2023-39161Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.4.8Update to 2.4.9 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.4
- CVSS
- 5.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin wp-discussion-board
- Affected≤ 2.4.8
- Patched in2.4.9
Update to 2.4.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.4.8. Version 2.4.9 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.4.9, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Abdi Pranata.
The Discussion Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Content Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.4.8 via the discussion feature. This vulnerability makes it possible for authenticated attackers, subscribers and higher, to inject new content onto the website, through the manipulation of posts to create new web pages, spam, or phishing.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Profile Website (user_url) Field ≤2.6.0Update to 2.6.1 | CVE-2026-107765 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.6.0Update to 2.6.1 | CVE-2026-115957 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.6.0Update to 2.6.1 | CVE-2026-115958 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.5.7Update to 2.5.8 | CVE-2025-69023 | |
| Medium6.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ≤2.5.5Update to 2.5.6 | CVE-2025-8483 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Profile Website (user_url) Field
≤2.6.0Update to 2.6.1
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.6.0Update to 2.6.1
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.6.0Update to 2.6.1
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤2.5.7Update to 2.5.8
- Medium6.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
≤2.5.5Update to 2.5.6
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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