wpForo Forum <= 2.0.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) HTML Injection

2022-12-07 00:00

Dhakal Ananda

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1.0

Affected PluginwpForo Forum

Affected Version<= 2.0.9

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2022-38055

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Vulnerability Overview

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.0.9. This is due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of user supplied input. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above to inject HTML content on pages.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')) The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38055 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/83cb1333-3c74-426d-9838-a5cb90be29b2

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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