WP Forum Server <= 1.6.5 - SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2011-1047
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published February 22, 2011
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in VastHTML Forum Server (aka ForumPress) plugin 1.6.1 and 1.6.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) search_max parameter in a search action to index.php, which is not properly handled by wpf.class.php, (2) id parameter in an editpost action to index.php, which is not properly handled by wpf-post.php, or (3) topic parameter to feed.php.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug forum-server (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.5
Patched Version
  • 1.6.6
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