wpForo Forum <= 2.3.4 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
CVE-2024-43288Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.3.4Update to 2.3.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat 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:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
wpForo Forum wpforo
- Affected≤ 2.3.4
- Patched in2.3.5
Update to 2.3.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.3.4. Version 2.3.5 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.
What to do
- Update to version 2.3.5, 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 Ananda Dhakal.
The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.4 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.
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 medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.