gVectors Team wpForo Forum Plugin up to 2.3.4 on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in gVectors Team wpForo Forum Plugin up to 2.3.4 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-43288. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in gVectors Team wpForo Forum Plugin up to 2.3.4 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in gVectors Team wpForo Forum.This issue affects wpForo Forum: from n/a through 2.3.4.

The weakness was disclosed by Ananda Dhakal. It is possible to read the advisory at patchstack.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-43288 since 08/09/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/06/2025).

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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NVD Base Score: 8.1
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/09/2024 🔍
08/19/2024 +10 days 🔍
08/19/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/06/2025 +171 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Ananda Dhakal
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-43288 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-43288
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275087

Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2024 08:18
Updated: 02/06/2025 16:52
Changes: 08/19/2024 08:18 (63), 02/06/2025 16:52 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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