wpForo Forum <= 2.4.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read in update

Improper Input Validation
CVE CVE-2025-0764
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published February 27, 2025
Last Updated February 28, 2025
Researcher mikemyers
Description

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read due to insufficient input validation in the 'update' method of the 'Members' class in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level privileges or higher, to read arbitrary files on the server.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpforo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.4.1
Patched Version
  • 2.4.2
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