Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2023-2249 in the critical feed json

wpForo Forum <= 2.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Local File Include, Server-Side Request Forgery, and PHAR Deserialization via file_get_contents

published 2023-06-09 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33757

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
60.8%
EPSS 60.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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. This is due to the insecure use of file_get_contents without appropriate verification of the data being supplied to the function. 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.

Patch / fix

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

60.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • tomdever wpForo Forum

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program
  • CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.