Advisories

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 SQL Injection via Topics ORDER BY Parameter

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • wpForo Forum <= 2.4, 2.4.15

CWE
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVSS
8.8
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Scott Moore - VulnCheck
Description
wpForo 2.4.14 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in Topics::get_topics() where the ORDER BY clause relies on ineffective esc_sql() sanitization on unquoted identifiers. Attackers exploit the wpfob parameter with CASE WHEN payloads to perform blind boolean extraction of credentials from the WordPress database.

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