SB2024120638 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board Plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10879)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the add_query_arg and remove_query_arg functions. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11204)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "url" parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/forumwp/forumwp-forum-discussion-board-212-reflected-cross-site-scripting
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/forumwp/forumwp-forum-discussion-board-212-reflected-cross-site-scripting-via-url-parameter