wpForo < = 1.5.1 - Privilege Escalation

2018-09-06 00:00

9emin1

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.5.2

Affected PluginwpForo Forum

Affected Version<= 1.5.1

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2018-16613

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Vulnerability Overview

An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum user is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16613 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/44ba3eee-525e-46ba-ae02-6f7a28f80c50

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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