CVE-2022-40206

WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.5 - Insecure direct object references (IDOR) vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Nov 8, 2022
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Sep 14, 2022

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wpForo Forum (WordPress plugin)gVectors Team	<= 2.0.5 through 2.0.5Affected

References

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

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