vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: wpforo: CVE-2023-2249: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 1, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025

Description

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization in versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This is due to the insecure use of file_get_contents without appropriate verification of the data being supplied to the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to retrieve the contents of files like wp-config.php hosted on the system, perform a deserialization attack and possibly achieve remote code execution, and make requests to internal services.

Solution

wpforo-plugin-cve-2023-2249
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