What is CVE-2024-38458?

CVE-2024-38458 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xenforo, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-38458?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Xenforo

CVE-2024-38458

Xenforo before 2.2.16 allows code injection.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2024-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xenforo

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

xenforo.com/community/threads/xenforo-2-1-15-patch-1-2-2-16-patch-2-and-xenforo… (Patch, Release Notes)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/12 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38458?: CVE-2024-38458 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xenforo, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-38458?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.