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wpForo Forum 2.4.14 Missing Authorization via Topic Management Form Handlers

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severity
medium
date
Affecting

  • wpForo Forum <= 2.4, 2.4.16

CWE
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CVSS
5.3
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Scott Moore - VulnCheck
Description
wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated subscribers to move, merge, or split any forum topic via the topic_move, topic_merge, and topic_split form action handlers. Attackers with a valid form nonce can reorganize arbitrary forum content without moderator permissions, including relocating topics to private forums.

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