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CVE-2022-40206
WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.5 - Insecure direct object references (IDOR) vulnerability
Medium6.3EPSS 0.60%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Patchstack
Description
Insecure direct object references (IDOR) vulnerability in the wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.0.5 on WordPress allows attackers with subscriber or higher user roles to mark any forum post as private/public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Patchstack
- 55 days later
· 55 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PatchstackCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
- Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR)
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-639 and its CVEs
Affected products
gVectors Team · wpForo Forum (WordPress plugin)
- affected <= 2.0.5 – ≤ 2.0.5
What to do
Solution: Update to 2.0.6 or higher version.
References (2)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-40206)Record last updated .