Name: CVE-2018-16613: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-16613, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.0153

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Wpforo Plugin	—	Update wpforo plugin to version 1.5.2, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Sep 6, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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