Description

The ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg & remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-10879

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.1

Affected Products

Vendor: ultimatemember

Product: ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 23.36% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/10b3256b-5271-44b8-ab4d-05156d4f674b?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/tags/2.1.0/includes/admin/class-emails-list-table.php#L156
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/tags/2.1.0/includes/admin/class-emails-list-table.php#L178

Timeline