wpForo Forum <= 2.0.5 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Forum Status Change

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2022-40205
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published September 26, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dhakal Ananda
Description

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access or higher, to mark any forum post as solved/unsolved.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpforo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.5
Patched Version
  • 2.0.6
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