TI-2025-07764 Aliases CVE-2025-8483 GHSA-55h9-mwx6-3v4g

Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin <= 2.5.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

LOW 36CWE-94Published 2025-10-25 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · Low
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

The The Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00264 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Marketing Fire	Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin	up to 2.5.5	—	No fix listed	CNA

Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin VendorMarketing Fire Affected up to 2.5.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8483
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-55h9-mwx6-3v4g

References

Other 2

TI-2024-08045 Code injection in Marketing Fire Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2025-16513 WordPress Widget Options Plugin <= 4.1.0 - Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2026-39626 WordPress Widget Options plugin <= 4.2.3 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2026-83311 Remote code execution in WordPress Widget Options plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2026-22326 WordPress Widget Options plugin <= 4.1.3 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
TI-2026-01707 Widget Options <= 4.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution via Display Logic CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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