CVE-2023-2249

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - security@wordfence.com

Published

2023-06-09

Last modified

2026-04-08

Weaknesses

CWE-829, CWE-918, CWE-98

Affected products

• Wpforo Forum (Gvectors)
• Wpforo Forum (Tomdever)

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cve