wpForo Forum <= 2.2.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE CVE-2023-47868
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published November 20, 2023
Last Updated March 12, 2024
Researcher Jesse McNeil
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpforo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.3
Patched Version
  • 2.2.4
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