ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board Plugin <= 2.0.2 — Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
CVE-2024-8428Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.0.2Update to 2.1.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board forumwp
- Affected≤ 2.0.2
- Patched in2.1.0
Update to 2.1.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0.2. Version 2.1.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.1.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to wesley (wcraft).
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.
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
More in ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board
All 6| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Display Name ≤2.1.6Update to 2.1.7 | CVE-2025-13746 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.1.4Update to 2.1.5 | CVE-2025-67474 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection ≤2.1.0Update to 2.1.1 | CVE-2024-54367 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.1.2Update to 2.1.3 | CVE-2024-10879 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter ≤2.1.2Update to 2.1.3 | CVE-2024-11204 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Display Name
≤2.1.6Update to 2.1.7
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤2.1.4Update to 2.1.5
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
≤2.1.0Update to 2.1.1
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.1.2Update to 2.1.3
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter
≤2.1.2Update to 2.1.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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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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