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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.","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":"2026-11-09","score":0.00485,"percentile":0.42074,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-639"],"published":"2024-09-06T13:55:18Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:22:33Z","products":[{"vendor":"forumwp","product":"forumwp"},{"vendor":"ultimatemember","product":"forumwp"},{"vendor":"ultimatemember","product":"forumwp – forum \u0026 discussion board"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5818587-0a52-4734-8f75-263b4ab5020e?source=cve","tags":["Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/trunk/includes/frontend/class-actions-listener.php#L179","tags":["Product"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3161123/forumwp/tags/2.1.0/includes/frontend/class-actions-listener.php"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8428"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ww5m-q9hx-hcf2"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-8428","title":"ForumWP – Forum \u0026 Discussion Board Plugin \u003c= 2.0.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover","description":"The ForumWP – Forum \u0026 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. 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