CVE-2022-40206 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00105.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gvectors	Wpforo Forum

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43506	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.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 2.0.6 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpforo/wordpress-wpforo-forum-plugin-2-0-5-insecure-direct-object-references-idor-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-08T18:31:21.259Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T19:55:14.384Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40206

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.658Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-08T19:15:14.297

Modified: 2025-02-20T20:15:40.023

Link: CVE-2022-40206

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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