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CVE-2018-16613

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.0
Published
June 19, 2019
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • n/a n/a — Versions not specified
  • gvectors wpforo_forum — Before 1.5.2

References

  • github.com https://github.com/9emin1/advisories Third Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md Third Party Advisory
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record