{"cve":"CVE-2023-2249","nvd":{"published":"2023-06-09T06:16:05.470","modified":"2026-06-17T05:52:05.963","status":"Modified","description":"The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization in versions up to, and including, 2.1.7. This is due to the insecure use of file_get_contents without appropriate verification of the data being supplied to the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to retrieve the contents of files like wp-config.php hosted on the system, perform a deserialization attack and possibly achieve remote code execution, and make requests to internal services.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-98","CWE-829","CWE-918"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437"],"products":["gvectors:wpforo_forum"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:24.161619714+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-2249","score":0.60809,"percentile":0.9915,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}