The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing protections or file validations in versions up to, and including, 2.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions, to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.
CVE-2022-40200 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Remote Code Execution issue affecting the Plugin wpForo Forum. It affects Versions up to 2.0.9 and is fixed in 2.1.0.
CVE-2022-40200 is tracked for the Plugin wpForo Forum as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 2.0.9. Update wpForo Forum to 2.1.0 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
wpforo
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2022-40200 |
| Patched Versions |
2.1.0
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.0.9
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
wpForo Forum <= 2.3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
wpForo Forum <= 2.2.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
wpForo < = 1.5.1 - Privilege Escalation
wpForo Forum <= 1.4.12 - SQL Injection
wpForo Forum <= 2.4.16 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via Post Body
wpForo Forum <= 2.4.13 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
wpForo Forum <= 2.4.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
wpForo Forum <= 2.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization via file_get_contents
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