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WordPress Plugin: wpforo: CVE-2023-47868: Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 20, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.3. This is due to incorrect assignment of user permissions during registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Solution

wpforo-plugin-cve-2023-47868
Title
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