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CVE-2024-8428: 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

high Affects forumwp (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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

Package
forumwp (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=2.0.2
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
high  CVSS 8.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (41.7th percentile)
Published
2024-09-06
Source
nvd

References

CWE-639
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