CVE-2018-16613

Description

An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.

9.8

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.53% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory wordpress.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers	release notes vendor advisory
https://github.com/9emin1/advisories	third party advisory
https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-16613?: CVE-2018-16613 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-16613?: To fix CVE-2018-16613, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-16613 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2018-16613 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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