CVE-2025-0764: wpForo Forum <= 2.4.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read in update

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read due to insufficient input validation in the 'update' method of the 'Members' class in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level privileges or higher, to read arbitrary files on the server.

Affected products

tomdever wpForo Forum: before 2.4.2 — fixed in 2.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tomdever wpForo Forum 2.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3245711/wpforo
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8cd8ffcb-0a24-4e0a-a9f9-23501742715f?source=cve

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