WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.4.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Priority LOW 33CWE-266Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Tomdever wpForo Forum wpforo allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects wpForo Forum: from n/a through <= 2.4.2.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00299 22nd 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
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gVectors Team | wpForo Forum | up to 2.4.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- wpForo Forum VendorgVectors Team Affected up to 2.4.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | gVectors Team |
- cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·gVectors Team
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-31420
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gwr7-g7gq-m3v3
References
More gVectors Team vulnerabilities
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- TI-2023-02108 Server-side request forgery in gVectors Team wpForo Forum CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-02165 wpForo Forum < 2.1.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2020-10702 A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-36676 WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 3.1.0 - Broken Authentication vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-31420 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-31420 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gwr7-g7gq-m3v3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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