CVE-2024-43289 HIGH

CVE-2024-43289: WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 2.3.4 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability

Vendor Gvectors Team

Product wpForo Forum

Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure

Published August 26, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in gVectors Team wpForo Forum.This issue affects wpForo Forum: from n/a through 2.3.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

wpForo Forum versions up to 2.3.4 expose sensitive information that an unauthenticated attacker can access over the network without user interaction. The vulnerability allows reading confidential data through the forum application. No integrity or availability impact occurs. Update to a version newer than 2.3.4 to remediate.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information from the forum without logging in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Forum users' private data may be exposed to anyone on the internet.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the forum; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 26, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43289 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html AskarLabs — CWE-200 write-up Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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