CVE-2018-16613 (GCVE-0-2018-16613)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-19 17:59 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:32
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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