High severity · published Sep 6, 2024
CVE-2024-8428
ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board Plugin <= 2.0.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board · ultimatemember
through 2.0.2 · source: vendor
FO
Forumwp · Ultimatemember
through 2.0.2 · source: NVD, CISA
Affected product
FF
ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board
ultimatemember
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8428
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8428
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/trunk/includes/frontend/class-actions-listener.php#L179
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161123/forumwp/tags/2.1.0/includes/frontend/class-actions-listener.php
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5818587-0a52-4734-8f75-263b4ab5020e?source=cve
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