CVE-2024-8428 Privilege escalation in ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by changing admin email addresses via insecure direct object reference in ForumWP plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8428?
CVE-2024-8428 is a high-severity vulnerability in ultimatemember ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board, published on 6 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 via the submit_form_handler due to missing validation on the 'user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change the email address of administrative user accounts which can then be leveraged to reset the administrative users password and gain access to their account.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8428?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ultimatemember Forumwp.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8428?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8428 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-8428 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8428 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ultimatemember ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ww5m-q9hx-hcf2.