CVE-2023-2249

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization in versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This is due to the insecure use of file_get_contents without appropriate verification of the data being supplied to the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to retrieve the contents of files like wp-config.php hosted on the system, perform a deserialization attack and possibly achieve remote code execution, and make requests to internal services.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444	Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444	Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-06-09 06:16

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:58

NVD link : CVE-2023-2249

Mitre link : CVE-2023-2249

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-2249

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gvectors

wpforo_forum

CWE

CWE-829

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

CWE-918

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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