CVE-2018-11709

Wpforo Forum vulnerability

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

3.6%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

wpforo_get_request_uri in wpf-includes/functions.php in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.4.12 for WordPress allows Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the URI.

Affected vendor

Gvectors

Affected product

Wpforo Forum

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2018-06-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Gvectors Wpforo Forum is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-11709.
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