CVE-2023-2249: The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization in versions up to,...
Description
The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization in versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This is due to the insecure use of file_get_contents without appropriate verification of the data being supplied to the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to retrieve the contents of files like wp-config.php hosted on the system, perform a deserialization attack and possibly achieve remote code execution, and make requests to internal services.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2023-2249
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
Affected Products
Vendor: tomdever
Product: wpForo Forum
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.81% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 81.72% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437