ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board Plugin <= 2.0.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-8428
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-09-06 14:15:13 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 19:22:24 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.002000000 probability, percentile 0.420510000 (date 2026-04-13)

Problem Types: CWE-639 | CWE-639 CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ultimatemember Forumwp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Ultimatemember ForumWP Forum Discussion Board affected 2.0.2 semver Not specified
ADP Forumwp Forumwp affected 2.0.2 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/trunk/includes/frontend/class-actions-listene... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org Product
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161123/forumwp/tags/2.1.0/includes/frontend/class-... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5818587-0a52-4734-8f75-263b4... [email protected] www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: wesley (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2024-09-06T01:21:28.000ZDisclosed
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