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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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.60809,"percentile":0.99157,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-829","CWE-918","CWE-98"],"published":"2023-06-09T05:33:21Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:52:05Z","products":[{"vendor":"gvectors","product":"wpforo_forum"},{"vendor":"tomdever","product":"wpforo forum"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/800fa098-b29f-4979-b7bd-b1186a4dafcb?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.7/classes/Actions.php#L444","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.1.8/classes/Actions.php#L437","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2249"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9q86-473j-pphg"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-2249","title":"wpForo Forum \u003c= 2.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization via file_get_contents","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. 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