CVE-2018-16613
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for...
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.
- Record
CVE-2018-16613- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.
- Record
CVE-2018-16613- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8420 No score
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8420- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v6cj-v6qg-rxfm No score
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for...
An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.
- Record
GHSA-v6cj-v6qg-rxfm- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16613 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Gvectors Wpforo Forum, published June 19, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.73%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.