CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-5809
The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to and including 3.0.2. This is due to a two-step logic flaw: the topic_add() and topic_edit() action handlers accept arbitrary user-supplied data[*] arrays from $_REQUEST and store them as postmeta without restricting which fields may contain array values. Because 'body' is included in the allowed topic fields list, an attacker can supply data[body][fileurl] with an arbitrary file path (e.g., wp-config
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"wpForo Forum","vendor":"tomdever","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.0.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-73","description":"CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
9 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/Actions.php#L746"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/Actions.php#L761"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/PostMeta.php#L402"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/PostMeta.php#L421"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/references/6
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/PostMeta.php#L523"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/classes/Posts.php#L1961"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.0.2/includes/functions.php#L2641"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/references/8
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3503313/wpforo"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e46ac8d-89ee-4480-bb96-83f2044a4323?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:dc3140bc7b4704839472fe632acd63c1a64edef33d43262edeac48ceb8e1b852 · sha256:91334db7510f4575… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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