Is CVE-2018-16613 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-16613 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-16613?

CVE-2018-16613 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-16613?

CVE-2018-16613 has an EPSS score of 2.73% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16613?

Upgrade wpforo forum to 1.5.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-16613

CRITICALEPSS 84th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the update function in the wpForo Forum plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress. A registered forum is able to escalate privilege to the forum administrator without any form of user interaction.

How to fix

Remediation Available

wpforo forumNVD

Affected:< 1.5.2Fixed in:1.5.2CVE-2018-16613derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.73%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

wordpress.org

Third-Party Advisory2

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