CVE-2023-2309 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not escape some request parameters while in debug mode, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

Published: 2023-07-24

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 15.2% Moderate

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

Unknown

wpForo Forum

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.1.9

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15248.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b3f4558-ea41-4749-9aa2-d3971fc9ca0d

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.07432}`	epss `{'score': 0.0612}`

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Gvectors Wpforo Forum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-07-24T10:20:23.546Z

Updated: 2024-10-24T15:02:54.084Z

Reserved: 2023-04-26T18:21:16.754Z

Link: CVE-2023-2309

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:19:14.681Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-24T11:15:09.653

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:58:21.430

Link: CVE-2023-2309

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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