CVE-2018-11709

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

wpforo_get_request_uri in wpf-includes/functions.php in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.4.12 for WordPress allows Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the URI.

Affected products

tomdever wpForo Forum: before 1.4.12 — fixed in 1.4.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tomdever wpForo Forum 1.4.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://blog.dewhurstsecurity.com/2018/06/01/wp-foro-wordpress-plugin-xss-vulnerability.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9090
https://blog.dewhurstsecurity.com/2018/06/01/wp-foro-wordpress-plugin-xss-vulnerability.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9090

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