CVE-2018-16613
WordPress wpForo Forum Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.
INFO
Published Date :
June 19, 2019, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:53 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-16613 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-16613.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/9emin1/advisories | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md | Third Party Advisory |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/9emin1/advisories | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md | Third Party Advisory |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-16613 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-16613 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/9emin1/advisories Added Reference https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md Added Reference https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 20, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/9emin1/advisories No Types Assigned https://github.com/9emin1/advisories Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/9emin1/advisories/blob/master/wpForo-1-5-1.md Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.5.2
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-16613 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-16613
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.34 }} 0.01%
score
0.71977
percentile