wpForo Forum Plugin up to 2.0.5 on WordPress resource injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in wpForo Forum Plugin up to 2.0.5 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in resource injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-40206. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in wpForo Forum Plugin up to 2.0.5 on WordPress (Forum Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-99. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before it is used as an identifier for a resource that may be outside the intended sphere of control. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Insecure direct object references (IDOR) vulnerability in the wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.5 on WordPress allows attackers with subscriber or higher user roles to mark any forum post as private/public.

The weakness was presented 11/09/2022. The advisory is available at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-40206 since 09/14/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Resource injection
CWE: CWE-99
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

09/14/2022 🔍
11/09/2022 +56 days 🔍
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02/21/2025 +835 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-40206 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-40206
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213198

Entryinfo

Created: 11/09/2022 07:40
Updated: 02/21/2025 05:03
Changes: 11/09/2022 07:40 (49), 12/10/2022 15:54 (12), 02/21/2025 05:03 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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