CVE-2023-2309 — The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 2

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not escape some request parameters while in debug mode, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

01What is this vulnerability?

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not escape some request parameters while in debug mode, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	wpForo Forum	0

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: 2023-07-24T10:20:23.546Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-24T15:02:54.084Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b3f4558-ea41-4749-9aa2-d3971fc9ca0d