CVE-2022-40200 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.9 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-11-17

Score: 9.9 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

gVectors Team

wpForo Forum (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 2.0.9`	affected	≤ 2.0.9

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 2.1.0 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43500	Auth. (subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.9 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00894.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpforo/wordpress-wpforo-forum-plugin-2-0-9-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers

History

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

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

Subscriptions

Gvectors Wpforo Forum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-17T22:00:59.930Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:47.695Z

Reserved: 2022-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40200

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:40.249Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-17T23:15:20.280

Modified: 2025-02-20T20:15:39.740

Link: CVE-2022-40200

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-434

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