CVE-2018-16613
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.7% (pctl 86)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.73% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-06-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gvectors | wpforo forum |
References
- https://github.com/9emin1/advisories
- https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers
- https://github.com/9emin1/advisories
- https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers
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