CVE-2023-2249
highpriority · attend · 56EPSS 0.608 · 99 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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.
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-2249/cnnvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444cnnvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437cnnvd
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cvecnnvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444enisa_euvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437enisa_euvd
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cveenisa_euvd
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444Patchnvd
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