WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.9 - Auth. HTML Injection vulnerability

published 2024-06-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-40660

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in gVectors Team wpForo Forum allows Content Spoofing.This issue affects wpForo Forum: from n/a through 2.0.9.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

gVectors Team wpForo Forum 2.1.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-22)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

gVectors Team wpForo Forum

Classification

Weakness

CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/wpforo/wordpress-wpforo-forum-plugin-2-0-9-auth-html-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-38055
NVD CVE-2022-38055

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary