CVE-2024-8428
Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.8)—
The ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 via the submit_form_handler due to missing validation on the 'user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change the email address of administrative user accounts which can then be leveraged to reset the administrative users password and gain access to their account.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.48%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 40
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-639
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/trunk/includes/frontend/class-actions-listener.php#L179
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161123/forumwp/tags/2.1.0/includes/frontend/class-actions-listener.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5818587-0a52-4734-8f75-263b4ab5020e?source=cve
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