wpForo Forum <= 2.2.3 — Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
CVE-2023-47868Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.2.3Update to 2.2.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
wpForo Forum wpforo
- Affected≤ 2.2.3
- Patched in2.2.4
Update to 2.2.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.2.3. Version 2.2.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under wpForo Forum.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.2.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch wpForo Forum to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Jesse McNeil.
The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.3. This is due to incorrect assignment of user permissions during registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
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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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation to 'data[secondary_groupids]' CSV Parameter ≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3 | CVE-2026-119164 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'data' Parameter ≤3.2.1Update to 3.2.2 | CVE-2026-95870 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Reply Body in Moderation Forms ≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3 | CVE-2026-120532 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'href[locale]' Parameter ≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3 | CVE-2026-119155 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal via 'theme' Parameter ≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3 | CVE-2026-110004 |
- High7.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation to 'data[secondary_groupids]' CSV Parameter
≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'data' Parameter
≤3.2.1Update to 3.2.2
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Reply Body in Moderation Forms
≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'href[locale]' Parameter
≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Path Traversal via 'theme' Parameter
≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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- CVSS / CWE
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