What is CVE-2023-2309?

CVE-2023-2309 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gvectors Wpforo Forum, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-07-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-2309?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2309 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Gvectors Wpforo Forum

CVE-2023-2309

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not escape some request parameters while in debug mode, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

Published 2023-07-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gvectors Wpforo Forum
Wpforo Forum — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b3f4558-ea41-4749-9aa2-d3971fc9ca0d (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2309?: CVE-2023-2309 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gvectors Wpforo Forum, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-07-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-2309?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2309 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.