CVE-2025-31420: WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.4.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

7.6 CVSS

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Tomdever wpForo Forum allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects wpForo Forum: from n/a through 2.4.2.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-31420

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.6

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Problem Types

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affected Products

Vendor: Tomdever

Product: wpForo Forum

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 10.68% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-20 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31420
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wpforo/vulnerability/wordpress-wpforo-forum-plugin-2-4-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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