CVE-2024-8428

HIGH EPSS 38.2%
Published Sep 6, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Sep 6, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 via the submit_form_handler due to missing validation on the 'user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change the email address of administrative user accounts which can then be leveraged to reset the administrative users password and gain access to their account.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
38.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-639

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
ultimatememberforumwp* ≤2.0.2

References 3

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/trunk/includes/frontend/class-actions-listener.php#L179
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161123/forumwp/tags/2.1.0/includes/frontend/class-actions-listener.php
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5818587-0a52-4734-8f75-263b4ab5020e?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.