CVE-2022-40206 — Insecure direct object references (IDOR) vulnerability in the wpForo Forum plugi

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

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

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-11-08T18:31:21.259Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-20T19:55:14.384Z

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/
• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpforo/wordpress-wpforo-forum-plug…