Vulnerability in Gvectors Wpforo_forum

CVE-2018-16613

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.

EPSS: 0.027 (84.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16613?
CVE-2018-16613 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gvectors Wpforo_forum. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-16613?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16613 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.